Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Members of the Afghan army walk past a German soldier during a joint patrol in northern Afghanistan in 2011. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters View image in fullscreen Members of the Afghan army walk past a German soldier during a joint patrol in northern Afghanistan in 2011. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters Germany drops promise to resettle hundreds of AfghansInterior ministry will tell 640 people awaiting sanctuary ‘there is no longer any political interest in their being admitted’
Europe live – latest updates Hundreds of Afghans previously promised sanctuary in Germany have been told they are no longer welcome, in a stark U-turn by the conservative chancellor, Friedrich Merz. The 640 people in Pakistan awaiting resettlement – many of whom worked for the German military during the US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan – will no longer be taken in, as Merz’s government axes two programmes introduced by its centre-left-led predecessor.
Published: December 11, 2025 5:41 pm
Source: The Guardian — Read original