A German court ruled that an Afghan family, given a legally binding commitment for visas, must be allowed to travel to Germany despite the government's recent halt to the admission scheme. The court affirmed that Germany cannot withdraw from its previous commitments. The family faces potential deportation from Pakistan to Afghanistan, where they would be endangered by the Taliban. The ruling emphasized that all family members had been vetted without security concerns. The court is handling similar cases but emphasized individual decisions.
The family had been given a "legally binding" commitment that overrides the conservative-led government's decision earlier this year to stop the scheme. The ruling can be appealed by the Foreign Ministry.
The government had "legally bound itself to the admission through final, unrevoked admission decisions," the judges said. "Germany cannot free itself from this commitment entered unto voluntarily."
They also said that nothing stood in the way of granting the family visas, as all members had been vetted and found to pose no security concerns.
After the Taliban returned to power in 2021, Germany established various admission procedures for Afghan nationals considered as being in danger from the Islamist group.
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