Germany urged to clarify refugee policy for Palestinians After having just lifted a controversial 18-month freeze on asylum rulings, Germany is being pressed to grant full refugee status to Palestinians as Israel's actions in Gaza claim ever more civilian casualties.

July 24, 2025   

(Deutsche Welle) Shafiq* is a Palestinian man who ended up in limbo after he managed to get out of Gaza and make his way via Egypt and Turkey to Germany, where he applied for asylum.

The right to asylum is enshrined in Germany’s constitution and is granted to individuals who face persecution in their home country due to their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.

But 65-year-old Shafiq arrived a few months after Germany’s Federal Office of Migration and Refugees (BAMF) halted the processing of asylum applications in January 2024.

“I didn’t know. I wasn’t sure why they weren’t giving me papers. I sent a letter. Maybe six months ago, they answered that they had to wait to know what the situation was in Gaza,” he said.

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