Berlin urged to help stranded Afghans 'before it's too late'

Dozens of organisations on Monday urged the German government to act “before it’s too late,” to help thousands of Afghans threatened with deportation from Pakistan whom Berlin had previously offered sanctuary.

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In an appeal organised by the German Bar Association, more than 50 groups and institutions said swift action was needed to save the more than 2,000 stranded Afghans from being sent back to their Taliban-run homeland.

The Afghans are part of a group previously offered refuge in Germany but now caught between Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s tougher immigration policy and a wave of expulsions from Pakistan.