Overview
- Government replies to a parliamentary inquiry show that almost half of 2,308 Afghans with prior commitments no longer have valid approval to enter Germany.
- Since May 2025, 788 people from this group have arrived, and about 410 more remain in the departure process from Pakistan.
- All assurances issued under Section 22 of the Residence Act, the human-rights list and a 2022 bridging program were withdrawn on the grounds they were not legally binding and there is no current political interest in further intake.
- The Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg ruled in September that the government may rescind such nonbinding commitments, while numerous new lawsuits are pending in administrative courts.
- The Left party’s Clara Bünger denounced the decision, noting that only 81 of 218 remaining former local staff and their families still retain their original approvals.