KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Germany has relocated nearly 200 Afghan refugees from Pakistan as part of its ongoing evacuation efforts.
According to the German newspaper Bild, a chartered flight carrying the refugees landed in Hanover on Thursday morning (March 27) after departing from Islamabad. Many of the evacuees include women and children.
Most will be transferred directly from Hanover Airport to the Friedland reception camp in Lower Saxony.
This marks the second flight this month, bringing Afghan refugees from Pakistan to Germany. Earlier in March, 132 Afghans were also relocated.
Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, Germany has taken in around 35,800 at-risk Afghans, including former employees of German institutions, human rights activists, and journalists.
Despite these efforts, over 3,000 approved applicants remain stranded in Pakistan. Many face growing uncertainty as Pakistani authorities tighten restrictions, conduct mass detentions, and deport undocumented Afghan refugees.
Germany, along with other Western nations, is under pressure from humanitarian organizations to speed up the resettlement of at-risk Afghans under its resettlement program.
