Migration policy: Admission of Afghans – Lawsuit against the Federal Government

With complaints against the Federal Foreign Office, the organization “Kabul Luftbrücke” wants to force the federal recording program for particularly endangered Afghans. A “first wave” with 26 procedures for the granting of Visa was submitted to the Berlin Administrative Court, the initiative said. Activists underlined their demand with a protest for the World Refugee Day before the Federal Foreign Office.

According to a spokesman, the Federal Ministry of the Interior is not yet aware of the lawsuits. Even a spokeswoman for the administrative court could not confirm the receipt of the procedures. However, the judges have comparable cases.

So a woman who is waiting for a visa with her family in Pakistan submitted an urgent application and a lawsuit. The Federal Foreign Office should be obliged to give them the necessary visas for entry to Germany. You rely on an reception commitment. In this case, there is probably a decision in the urgent procedure at the end of June, at the beginning of July, as it was said.

Federal government stops admission

After the Taliban was taken over in August 2021, various admission procedures for people from Afghanistan were set up. The new federal government stopped the programs in early May. The coalition agreement between the Union and the SPD in the federal government provides for the admission to end as far as possible, a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior said “We are in a continued exam,” said the spokesman. Until then, the recording is exposed. According to the Federal Foreign Office, the federal government is in exchange with the authorities in Pakistan.

Chancellor Minister Thorsten Frei (CDU) emphasized in the ARD that it was different programs, in which the individual case had to be checked. “Essentially, it is about a federal recording program, that is, people who have no direct connection to Germany,” said Frei.

According to the Federal Foreign Office, around 2,400 people in Pakistan are currently waiting for you to get a visa. The spokeswoman for “Kabul Luftbrücke”, Eva Beyer, explained that they would have left their homeland in trust in German. Despite a recognized hazard, they threaten the deportation from Pakistan. Despite the legally binding promise of admission and available budget, the federal recording program has been blocked for months.

According to the information, people who have campaigned for equality and democracy are affected. Richter, journalists or artists were also among those affected.

SPD federal parliamentary group: Germany is in the word

According to a report by the “Stern”, the SPD parliamentary group urges an immediate entry of the Afghans with recording commitments from Germany. “Germany is in the word for all people with existing admission commitments,” said the responsible rapporteur, the member of the Bundestag Hakan Demir, the magazine. “You have to come. Immediately. Not only after you have sued your right.”

The member of the Bundestag Schahina Gambir from the Greens spoke of a scandal. “The fact that those affected have to sue their right again shows that the understanding of the law of the Union -led federal government is alarming,” she said.

As the Federal Government’s response results in a small request from Greens, 1,245 people fall from the federal reception program of a total of 2,384 Afghan citizens with commitments in Pakistan (as of May 28). There are also 50 local forces who are waiting for a visa with their families (a total of 297 people). In addition, 70 people are on a so -called human rights list and 772 are a bridging program.