More than seven months after the originally announced deadline, around 150 refugees who had previously lived in Kenya have arrived in Germany by plane. According to the German Press Agency, many of them come from South Sudan, some from Congo, others from Somalia and others from other African countries.
Among the people who are considered particularly vulnerable are several single women with children. An employee of Pro Asyl observed the arrival of the refugees at Halle/Leipzig airport.
At the beginning of May, the old German government had imposed a temporary halt on admissions, citing the ongoing coalition negotiations between the CDU, CSU and SPD. The Federal Ministry of the Interior, which was still headed by Nancy Faeser (SPD) at the time, announced that no promises would be made for new admissions via the resettlement program with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) for the time being.
