Overview

• Pakistani police have detained around 400 Afghans in recent weeks who held German admission approval and deported several dozen back to Afghanistan.
• An estimated 2,000 to 2,200 vulnerable Afghans remain stranded in Pakistan after Berlin suspended its special resettlement scheme for at-risk individuals.
• Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Berlin is reviewing each case’s legal obligations and is in direct talks with Pakistani authorities over the detainees’ status.
• Germany’s foreign ministry has invoked emergency channels to halt further expulsions and German courts have ruled that Berlin must fulfill resettlement promises for certain applicants.
• United Nations agencies and NGOs such as Kabul Luftbrücke warn that forced returns to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan pose grave risks of human-rights violations.