Overview
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt says 460 people from the federal intake program and 75 former local staff in Pakistan are targeted for transfer by December, with some cases possibly slipping into January.
- Pakistan has warned it will deport those left after year-end, and the NGO Kabul Luftbrücke reports large-scale removals to Afghanistan, estimating recent daily returns of up to 3,000 people.
- At least 780 people recently received final rejections or had pledges revoked, including many from the bridging and human-rights lists, with about 651 still under German care in Pakistan.
- Courts have held that federal-program pledges must be honored, while a higher court found promises from the local staff, human-rights and bridging schemes are not legally binding.
- Since the government change, 609 Afghans have entered Germany, including two December charter flights, though NGOs say halted scheduling of new security interviews is slowing remaining visa issuance.