After more than two dozen individual case reviews, the federal government has not yet allowed any Afghans to enter the country.
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The Federal Constitutional Court ruled in July that admission programs for Afghans could not be stopped across the board.
Even after examining more than two dozen individual cases, the federal government has not yet allowed any Afghan from one of the traffic light government's admission programs to enter Germany.
This emerges from the government's response to a query from MP Clara Bünger (Left). Accordingly, 25 individual cases have been examined since a decision by the Federal Constitutional Court on July 22nd. However, by September 18, all cases reviewed up to that point had been rejected. The “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” first reported.
As justification, the Federal Ministry of the Interior wrote that there was no “political interest in admitting the people,” not even taking into account the individual interests of those affected. More than 40 other cases are currently still being examined on a case-by-case basis.
MP calls for uncomplicated admission
Bünger said: “I call on the federal government to immediately and easily accept the 500 or so people who are still involved.” It cannot be justified that these Afghans have had to live in great fear and insecurity for years despite being accepted for admission.
In July, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that Germany was not allowed to stop its admission programs for Afghans across the board. The highest German court announced at the time that the individual interests of those affected must be taken into account when making individual decisions. Specifically, it was about the “Human Rights List” recording program, which has now ended.
The lawsuit was filed by an Afghan woman who wanted entry visas for herself and her two underage sons and was staying in Pakistan. They received a confirmation of admission from Germany in 2021, which was withdrawn at the end of 2025. The Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court had denied the right to issue visas. The court overturned this decision.
The traffic light government had promised admission
The Islamist Taliban took power in Afghanistan again in August 2021. The federal government at the time, made up of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP, promised to take in former local employees of German institutions as well as other people who were considered to be particularly at risk.
Immediately after taking office in May 2025, the new black-red government stopped the admission programs for the time being. In December 2025, the Interior Ministry withdrew the admission commitments of all Afghan protection seekers from the bridging program and the so-called human rights list and declared that there was no longer any political interest in admission.

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