Overview

• Official figures show 661 Afghans with German admission pledges detained in Pakistan since mid-August, with 248 deported to Afghanistan.
• Those deported include 51 former local staff, 124 approved under the federal admission program and 73 from other humanitarian schemes.
• Berlin reports reversals in more than 300 detention cases and says it is negotiating with Islamabad for the return of deportees.
• More than 2,000 people with German assurances remain in Pakistan as additional security rechecks proceed and roughly 40 pledges have been revoked since May.
• Administrative courts have ordered visas in numerous expedited cases, intensifying a political clash as Greens, SPD and Linke demand deliveries on pledges while Union ministers defend stricter vetting.