The nation of Pakistan has a problem (a lot of problems, actually). It has about 4-1/2 million refugees from neighboring Afghanistan in its country, almost 2 million of whom have no valid papers. What to do? The answer, of course, is dump them off into the West. To the rescue comes Germany. The below article from Zeit reports that 188 Afghans have been flown to Leipzig with many more to follow.
And just in time for the Christmas holidays! I suggest the Germans reinforce the guard at those Christmas markets. Just days ago, German police arrested three people who were allegedly plotting to attack Christmas markets in Germany. Oh, by the way: Two of the suspects are Afghans.
The below article is translated by Fousesquawk.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2023-12/afghanen-pakistan-migration-flucht-aufnahme-zusage-reise
Migration
188 Afghans travel to Germany from Pakistan with promise of acceptance
The federal government wants to protect Afghans from mass deportations from Pakistan. 188 of them are now scheduled to arrive in Leipzig, (and) more could follow.
Updated 7 December 2023 at 16:59. Source Zeit Online
Caption: Afghan passports in baskets for further processing in an office of the German embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan
With a promise of acceptance in Germany, 188 Afghans from Pakistan have been flown to Leipzig. That was learned by the DPA News Agency from circles within the German embassy in the capital Islamabad. It is the first large charter flight from Pakistan with admitted Afghans in 10 months. The majority of people are traveling under the federal admittance program, including former local employees.
The federal government has announced that it wants to protect Afghan refugees from mass deportations from Pakistan with a promise of admittance to Germany. In the beginning of October, the Pakistani government announced that refugees without residence permits would be deported. According to government figures, some 4.4 million Afghan refugees are in the country, 1.7 million of whom are without valid papers.
According to federal government (Germany) figures, about 11,500 people from Afghanistan with a promise of acceptance are awaiting travel to Germany. Of those, some 3,000 are in Pakitan, 300 in Iran, and more than 8,000 in Afghanistan. Since the end of June, 573 have actually traveled to Germany. Relatives of Afghan journalists and activists have been criticizing the federal government (Germany) for a long time for failing in its obligation to protect Afghans.
Among those eligible to enter the country, 572 also have a promise of acceptance under the federal admittance program. Through the federal admittance program, Afghans especially endangered due to their work for women's and human rights or through their activity can come to Germany. The program would accommodate 1,000 Afghan women and men per month.
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