(European Conservative) Germany’s government is moving forward with plans to bring in more Afghan migrants, despite the incoming CDU/CSU-SPD coalition’s promise to shut down these resettlement programs. A flight carrying over 150 Afghans is set to arrive in Leipzig soon, according to Bild, even though most passengers have no prior connection to Germany’s operations in Afghanistan. This has stirred fresh controversy over why the program is continuing and what it means for the country.
Only a small number of those on board — fewer than ten — are former local staff who worked with German institutions, people considered at risk under Taliban rule. The rest, making up the vast majority, have no clear ties to Germany, leaving many to question how they were chosen. The coalition agreement was clear: federal programs like this one for Afghanistan were supposed to end. Yet, in the dying days of the outgoing government, the arrivals keep coming. This is despite the left-wing SPD being part of both the new and old governments.
