German and Dutch governments face mounting pressure from courts to address asylum cases of at-risk Afghans. Berlin’s administrative court declared that the German government cannot shirk its previous commitments.
Following legal complaints, 47 Afghans including activists and former judges received permission to enter Germany.
This comes as over 210 Afghans holding German admission documents were recently arrested by Pakistani police and deported to Afghanistan.
Many of these families had spent months in Islamabad waiting for transfer to Germany.
Germany is resuming the transfer process of over two thousand Afghan citizens from Pakistan.
The Hague court also ordered the Dutch government to accept 42 former embassy guards and their families.
The court stated that the Dutch government failed to fulfill its duties toward these individuals. Currently, thousands of Afghan refugees in Pakistan await transfer to safe countries.
