Overview

• Berlin’s Foreign Office confirmed new arrests of people in Germany’s intake process in Islamabad and said the exact number and locations remain unclear.
• Reports from ARD and Kabul Luftbrücke cite eight detainees on Tuesday with some sent to the Torkham border, followed by about 15 further arrests on Wednesday.
• Those detained were reportedly taken from GIZ-run guesthouses, with eyewitness accounts describing police arriving in trucks to collect residents.
• In one case a staff member at another guesthouse reportedly prevented an attempted arrest, while others were moved to the Haji Camp deportation facility.
• German Green party lawmakers accused the government of breaking its promise to protect pledge-holders as more than 2,000 remain at risk in Pakistan.