German top court says Afghan admission pledges cannot be revoked en masse

BERLIN, July 24 (Reuters) - Germany's top court on Friday ruled that a blanket cancellation of promised places for Afghans in a special intake programme was arbitrary and must be reconsidered case by case.

The Federal Constitutional Court backed a complaint by an Afghan mother and her two minor sons, who had been told in 2021 they would be admitted to Germany under the "human rights list" scheme.

The judges said the Interior Ministry's December 2025 order voiding about 640 such promises without looking at each person breached the constitutional ban on arbitrariness. ...