23/10/2022
Germany has launched a new program to support At-risk afghans. In this program, they are helping to bring 1000 people who are at risk of persecution in Afghanistan to Germany each month.
The government of Germany has been working with civil society organizations to start a federal admission program to enable vulnerable Afghans and their families to be admitted to Germany. This program is being implemented now.
Details:
Number of acceptance: 1000 per month (limited)
Target: at Risk Afghans in Afghanistan
End of program: September 30, 2025.
Benefits:
protection and being rescued from danger and risks you are facing in Afghanistan
assistance to exit the country and get Germany visa
assistance on the journey to Germany
receiving support for accommodation and other state receiving center services.
residence permit for three years
Work permit
Integration services and courses
Social benefits include food accommodation, other needs, and education for children …
Framework for Germany’s unique program for vulnerable Afghans:
Who can apply?
Target group:
Afghan national in Afghanistan who:
have particularly exposed themselves through their commitment to women’s and human rights or through their work in the following areas and, therefore, individually endangered:
Justice
politics
media
education
culture
sport
science
or
who have experienced specific violence or persecution because of their gender, their sexual orientation or gender identity, or their religion or specific violence or persecution resulting from special circumstances of the individual case and are therefore specifically and individually endangered, in particular as victims of serious individual violations of women’s rights, homophobic or transphobic human rights violations, or as exposed representatives of religious groups/communities.
The german official said that this program is aimed at afghans currently residing in Afghanistan who are:
At risk because of their work for women’s and human rights.
are Also the following groups:
journalists,
scientists,
political activists,
judges,
educators, and
those persecuted for their gender, sexual orientation, or religion.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the new humanitarian resettlement program is willing to give those persecuted by the Taliban “a bit of home and the chance of a free, self-determined and secure life.”
She acknowledged that it would be a “mammoth task” to implement the program, including safely getting applicants from Afghanistan to Germany.
“But we won’t let up,” she said.
How to apply?
Applicants will need to be nominated for the program by civil society groups approved by the German government.
ONLY people residing in Afghanistan are eligible to apply for this program.
authorized authorities by the federal government Civil society organizations will identify and propose the eligible person by entering required data and information about a person in a digital application provided by the Federal ministry of interior.
