This year, until April, saw over 80% of all asylum claims in Germany rejected. DW accompanies one Afghan family on the day of their important appointment with immigration authorities. Is it good news?
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00:00For nearly four years, Asim couldn't hug his daughter.
00:05He fled to Germany from Afghanistan in 2021, alone.
00:11His family stayed behind.
00:27This is all they brought.
00:30Papers that crossed borders and memories that never left.
00:35Proof that they exist.
00:51The family reunited in Germany a month ago.
00:55Today is their first immigration appointment.
00:59It's a routine process on paper, but what's at stake is anything but ordinary.
01:05Their application must pass plausibility checks, interviews and IT-based verification.
01:11As Afghan refugees, they did not reach Germany from Pakistan, but from Iran.
01:26What is being carefully pulled out are the only two items the family carried across these borders, just to stay connected to the taste of home.
01:43I asked Taliban,
01:48They said,
01:49They said,
01:50They said,
01:51They said,
01:53They have no idea for you,
01:54They have no idea for you.
01:55They have no idea for you.
01:56I was forced to contact them.
01:57They went to the same side.
01:58They came to the same side.
01:59I went to the same side,
02:00They went to Iran.
02:01As the family approached the immigration office for the appointment, the uncertainty lingered.
02:16Even outside Afghanistan, safety is still not a guarantee.
02:21For the past hour, whenever we saw a brief shadow on the door, it's like our hearts slept, to see what really happened.
02:37How was it?
02:39Hello.
02:40Good.
02:41Yeah, gottseidank.
02:43Yeah, we were here at Osnabir Horda in our city, and there was said that my wife has been given up to one year since my children.
02:58And she said that if this is finished, we'll see what's going on.