Help for Afghan families and individuals in need and/or in danger

We are an association from Tübingen that works in refugee aid and human rights work. We have been supporting refugees in the asylum process and in their integration into society for many years. Since 2021, we have been supporting Afghan human rights activists, journalists, politically active women, members of minorities, and other persecuted persons with applications to the Bundesaufnahmeprogramm Afghanistan (BAP).

We are asking for support, especially for Afghan women who have been persecuted, abused, or imprisoned because of their professional activities, their commitment to democracy, peace, human and women's rights, or because of their participation in women's political resistance against the gender apartheid of the Islamist Taliban regime, or who have been forced to hide in Afghanistan or flee the country. In 2024, we made approximately 50 applications to the BAP for such persons; many were not even considered. From previous applications, there are approximately 80 additional people, predominantly women, who were not selected and were left behind in danger.

That's why we support these women and other affected people through donations and loans

Such activities have become more important than ever since the German federal government allowed the BAP to expire at the end of the legislative period in May 2025 following the collapse of the "traffic light" coalition, accepting only approximately 1,500 of a possible 36,000 vulnerable people. A great many people were left in the lurch, with approximately 2,500 people with a promise of admission being left behind in Pakistan. Together with many other NGOs and registration centers, we are calling for a continuation of the BAP or a new admission program that would provide a safe escape route and admission to Germany, especially for women and other vulnerable people. At the same time, however, we want to seek alternative paths and not wait for the (new) government, which unfortunately only promises a further shift to the right in migration policy and a departure from human rights.

Since the beginning of this year, we have been supporting three families and approximately 20 individuals in Pakistan with monthly aid payments totaling approximately €3,000. Since the end of 2024, we have been covering the rent for an apartment ("safe house") in Islamabad, currently home to six women (monthly costs approximately €400). At the beginning of 2025, several particularly vulnerable women were able to leave Afghanistan (legally) with our assistance. Each such departure cost approximately €2,500. We also support people who received admission confirmations through our applications through the BAP and who have been waiting for visas in Islamabad for months, finding themselves in a difficult situation there. On August 13, one of these families was deported to Afghanistan by the Pakistani police as part of a wave of deportations in which a total of approximately 250 people from the admission program were deported. The other seven families remain in danger. Despite an alleged agreement between the German and Pakistani governments that no further deportations of people with admission confirmations will take place until the end of this year, the Pakistanis continued their deportation raids from the beginning of September. Two women for whom we submitted the application were subjected to brutal deportation; their mother had to be hospitalized. Donations allow us to finance housing and other costs to ensure these people's safety while the admission process continues.

We are also looking for people who are willing to finance a training loan for individual women through loans of at least 1,000 euros

Further information at https://sof.menschen-rechte-tue.org/ (Language: German)

See also: 2025-09-05, Die tageszeitung: [nbsp]Admitted Afghan woman. Finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. After three years of anxiety, women's rights activist Shokria S. has arrived in Germany: She is one of the Afghans who persevered in Pakistan. https://taz.de/Aufgenommene-Afghanin/!6108099/

2025-09-12, Südwestpresse: Tübingen association helps Afghans in Pakistan: Fear of Pakistani police intervention (pay block) https://www.swp.de/lokales/tuebingen/tuebinger-verein-hilft-afghanen-in-pakistan-angst-vor-dem-zugriff-der-pakistanischen-polizei-78299806.html

2025-09-14, titel theses temperamente (link to ARD Mediathek): Broken promises – the drama of local Afghan workers abandoned by Germany www.ardmediathek.de/video/ttt-titel-thesen-temperamente/ttt-vom-14-september-2025/ard/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLmRlL3R0dCAtIHRpdGVsIHRoZXNlbiB0ZW1wZXJhbWVudGUvMjAyNS0wOS0xNF8yMy0wNS1NRVNa

2025-09-16, Die tageszeitung: Dobrindt's tricks are undermining the rule of law, warns Martin Sökefeld https://taz.de/die-dritte-meinung/!6110297&s/

Spenden an den als gemeinnützig und mildtätig anerkannten Verein menschen.rechte Tübingen e.V. sind steuerlich abzugsfähig. Für Spenden bis 300 Euro reicht der Zahlungsbeleg oder Kontoauszug als Nachweis gegenüber dem Finanzamt (vgl. § 50 Abs. 4, S.1 Nr. 2 EStDV). Wir stellen aber auch für kleinere Spenden gerne Spendenbescheinigungen aus, wenn die Adresse im Verwendungszweck angegeben wird.

Kontakt: info[at]menschen-rechte-tue.org, www.menschen-rechte-tue.org

Donations to the recognized non-profit and charitable organization menschen.rechte Tübingen e.V. are tax-deductible. For donations up to €300, a payment receipt or bank statement is sufficient as proof for the tax office (see Section 50, Paragraph 4, Sentence 1, No. 2 of the Income Tax Implementation Ordinance). We are also happy to issue donation receipts for smaller donations if the address is provided.

Contact: info[at]menschen-rechte-tue.org, www.menschen-rechte-tue.org