1/ To fill their quota of fresh Afghan "resettlement" candidates, German diplomats rely on almost 100 NGOs who trawl through Afghanistan offering promising families resettlement in Germany. There have now been dozens of accounts of people presenting focus.de/politik/deutsc…
2/ fraudulent documents or failing DNA tests or background checks. German-language articles tiptoe around this issue but reading the accounts from anonymous diplomatic staff it appears some of these NGOs are quite sketchy and may be taking bribes or helping
3/ out extended family. The linked article tells the story of one Afghan man who filled out a resettlement application claiming he faced persecution because he was gay. Oddly enough, when he showed up for an interview, he had no idea what he had written on his own application
4/ and became enraged and "flipped out" when he realized the program managers thought he was gay. The article quotes a "senior administration official" who says the whole system is broken, but will continue "as long as Annalena Baerbock is the Foreign Minister".
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