"Afghans who had been told they could move to Germany will be informed in the next few days "that there is no longer any political interest in their admission." With these terse words, the spokeswoman for the Germany's Interior Ministry, Sonja Kock, revealed that 640 people waiting in Pakistan to be relocated in Germany will not be able to come after all."
"But the pledge is being revoked because Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government in Berlin aims to scrap the resettlement programs "as far as possible." This was agreed by the conservative CDU and CSU parties and the Social Democrats in their coalition agreement earlier this year. The previous government, made up of Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals, had promised to accept women's rights activists, lawyers, journalists and other opposition figures from Afghanistan via the "human rights list" and the "bridging list.""
The German government has revoked prior resettlement commitments and will inform affected Afghans that there is no longer political interest in their admission. About 640 people waiting in Pakistan for relocation to Germany will not be able to come. Chancellor Friedrich Merz's administration aims to scrap resettlement programs "as far as possible," per the coalition agreement between CDU/CSU and the Social Democrats. Earlier commitments had targeted women's rights activists, lawyers, journalists and other opposition figures via "human rights" and "bridging" lists. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt labeled the earlier programs "legacy issues." Around 130 local staff who worked for German ministries were also notified.
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