Top German court says Afghan resettlement pledges cannot be revoked en masse
The decision by the current Interior Ministry to end the scheme in December 2025, voiding about 640 such promises without examining the individual cases, breached a constitutional ban on arbitrary state action
July 24, 2026 08:57
BERLIN: Germany’s top court ruled on Friday that the government could not simply cancel an entire swathe of resettlement places promised to Afghans, and that each case must be considered individually.
The Constitutional Court backed a complaint by an Afghan mother and her two sons who had been selected in 2021 for admission to Germany under a “human rights list” set up by the previous government after the Taliban returned to power.
