Germany offers vulnerable Afghans cash to cease immigration efforts

About 2,000 Afghans approved for relocation to Germany nether resettlement strategy for those who erstwhile worked with German forces successful Afghanistan.

The German authorities has offered currency payments to Afghan nationals stranded successful Pakistan if they springiness up efforts to immigrate to Germany nether a resettlement programme established for susceptible groups, including those who once worked with German forces successful Afghanistan.

About 2,000 Afghans person been approved for relocation to Germany nether the programme for radical astatine hazard nether Taliban rule, but person been stranded successful Pakistan for months oregon adjacent years awaiting resettlement.

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Germany’s blimpish Chancellor Friedrich Merz suspended the programme successful May successful a bid to amusement his administration’s seriousness astir tackling migration, a large interest for German voters astatine a clip erstwhile the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) tops respective sentiment polls.

“It is logical that if we presume that radical person nary anticipation of being admitted to Germany, we connection them immoderate perspective, and this is linked to making a fiscal connection for a voluntary instrumentality to Afghanistan oregon different 3rd country,” German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said connected Wednesday.

“These offers person been made to these radical successful caller days,” Dobrindt said, without revealing however overmuch wealth was progressive oregon the fig of radical being excluded from entry.

Afghan nationals who already clasp binding support to participate Germany nether the suspended programme volition inactive beryllium allowed to participate the state – taxable to information checks – but others volition not, the curate added.

German media outlets study the payments magnitude to respective 1000 euros (dollars), with a archetypal instalment disposable for those who hold to judge made successful Pakistan and much payments connected accomplishment successful Afghanistan oregon a 3rd country.

Germany’s DPA quality bureau said the wage connection has been sharply criticised by Afghans successful Pakistan who had hoped to relocate to Germany, portion others had expressed daze and disappointment.

“We person spent 2 years successful Pakistan, and present we are being offered a shameful and foolish woody that jeopardises our aboriginal and that of our children,” an Afghan who received the government’s connection successful a missive told the quality organisation.

In summation to section staff, who erstwhile worked for German institutions, and their families successful Afghanistan, DPA said the relocation programme was designed to “admit Afghans who fearfulness persecution by the Taliban” for having worked arsenic lawyers oregon journalists, oregon those who dealt with quality rights issues.

The quality organisation besides reported that a radical of 31 Afghans approved for resettlement nether the strategy had arrived from Pakistan successful the northbound German metropolis of Hanover connected Tuesday evening.

Officials said the radical were “exclusively persons for whom legally binding tribunal orders oblige the Federal Republic of Germany” to let them to participate the country.

While the relocation programme has present been suspended, DPA reports that immoderate Afghans person successfully sued the German authorities successful tribunal to “enforce their right” to participate Germany.

The German authorities has sent letters to Afghans offering fiscal enactment if they springiness up plans to immigrate to Germany – a determination that has been sharply criticized by recipientshttps://t.co/pINTbRaE6S

— dpa quality bureau (@dpa_intl) November 4, 2025