Overview
- The Interior Ministry reported that 10% of those contacted, equal to 62 individuals, agreed to the offer, with additional cases still in discussion.
- Around 2,000 Afghans with prior assurances remain in Pakistan, where authorities have signaled deportations to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan could resume after year-end.
- The government’s offer promised several thousand euros and return assistance in exchange for withdrawing from human-rights list and bridging-program tracks.
- NGOs and lawyers say most recipients rejected the money because they fear persecution or worse if forced back to Afghanistan, and earlier NGO tallies suggested only a few families were willing to accept.
- Legal pressure continues as German administrative courts have frequently ruled for applicants seeking visas, with 49 of 67 urgent cases decided in their favor by end-October and a constitutional complaint pending.