As a result of the evacuation campaign from Afghanistan, around 6100 people have been brought to Germany so far. 5208 of them are Afghans and 543 German citizens, said a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior in Berlin on Monday. Among those who came there are also 349 local staff who previously worked for the Bundeswehr or German authorities in Afghanistan.
The German government has come under fire for not having flown out Afghan local workers and other vulnerable Afghans before the radical Islamic Taliban came to power in mid-August. A military airlift for these people to leave Kabul airport only existed until the end of August.
Many people are now trying to get to neighboring countries such as Pakistan by land and then come to Germany. According to a spokesman for the Foreign Office, German representations in neighboring countries of Afghanistan have issued around 830 visas for local staff and other vulnerable people since the end of the military evacuation.
According to the Foreign Office spokesman, Germany is working with the governments of neighboring countries and other actors in the region on further options for leaving the country. “We are very specific in preparations for further options for departure, with which we hope to be able to accelerate this process again significantly,” he said. (AFP)
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