KABUL, Afghanistan – Under a new admission programme for Afghan refugees, Germany will admit people deemed most at risk following the Taliban takeover last August, the foreign ministry said in a statement Monday.
The new programme will admit 1,000 Afghans per month and their family members, targeting particularly exposed Afghans who are active in women’s and human rights advocacy or those at risk for working in the fields of justice, politics, media, education, culture, sport or science.
Afghans who have experienced violence or persecution because of their gender, sexual orientation or religion can also benefit from the programme.
“We will continue to fulfil this responsibility and have now created a structured framework for future admissions,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in a statement. “Based on established admission criteria, we are able to offer protection to particularly vulnerable people from Afghanistan.”
Germany will cooperate with civil society organizations to select and reach the targeted groups. The government plans to run the programme until the end of the legislative period in October 2025.
“We are also working closely with civil society organisations to explore new avenues and forms of cooperation which have never been tried before,” she said. “For example, we now have a coordinating office to support civil society organisations taking part in the programme.”
As part of the international efforts, Germany has continued to endeavour to help people in Afghanistan even after the Taliban seized power in mid-August 2021.
Compared to other EU member states, Germany has admitted by far the largest number of Afghan former local employees and other particularly vulnerable Afghans.
Almost 26,000 local employees and especially vulnerable Afghans have already taken advantage of the admission options provided by the German Government.
This came at a time Berlin has not recognized the Taliban leadership as a legitimate government since the takeover in August 2021 after the US-backed foreign forces withdrew from Afghanistan.
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