Afghanistan, Oct. 19 -- Germany has refused visas to more than 30 Afghan families awaiting relocation from Pakistan, despite a Federal Constitutional Court ruling that the government cannot revoke previous admission assurances without considering each applicant's individual circumstances, German media reported.
The cases were reviewed following the court's July 22 ruling in a complaint brought by an Afghan mother and her two minor sons. The court found that the government's blanket cancellation of admission assurances under the humanitarian "Human Rights List" programme violated the constitutional prohibition against arbitrary state action. It said officials must take individual circumstances into account before withdrawing such assurances...