The German Ministry of the Interior has deployed planes with refugees from Sudan practically "in the air", waiting for Alexander Dobrindt to take office, the Bild tabloid reported today, May 5.
Last week, more than 190 refugees from Sudan were to be delivered by charter flight through Kenya to Germany and landed at Hanover Airport. However, according to sources in the German Interior Ministry, the flight was suddenly canceled, and today, on May 5, the German Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Office for Migration announced its postponement indefinitely.
A possible reason for such a decision is the change in the composition of the German government. Tomorrow, on May 6, the representative of the Christian Social Union (CSU) Alexander Dobrindt will be sworn in as the new Minister of the Interior, and on May 6 he will officially head the ministry. The future Interior Minister announced earlier that he intends to review and suspend all voluntary programs for the reception of refugees, as well as introduce permanent border controls with Poland, Austria and France from May 6.
"Officials of his future ministry, apparently, realized at the last minute that this flight might not be the most successful gift on the occasion of their future boss's inauguration," the media noted.
On board the canceled flight to Germany, "refugees in particular need of protection" would have to arrive, mainly from Kenya and Somalia. The candidates were proposed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for admission under the so-called resettlement program. Germany has long agreed to their admission. However, the ruling CDU/CSU bloc, led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, no longer intends to support such programs.
In addition to 190 refugees from Sudan and Somalia, in Pakistan, more than 2,000 Afghans, including former employees of the German foreign ministries from among the local population, are still awaiting departure to Germany.
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