BThe Interior Ministry and the Federal Foreign Office apparently want to ensure that Germany provides unbureaucratic help to victims from the earthquake regions in Turkey and Syria. As the “Bild am Sonntag” reported, both departments agreed that people from the affected areas can come to Germany if they can stay with relatives and relatives.
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told the newspaper it was about “help in need” to give them a place to stay and the opportunity to receive medical treatment. As is usually the case, the visa should be limited to a stay of up to three months in Germany.
The February 6 earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria has now claimed over 25,000 lives. According to the United Nations, around 24.4 million people are affected by the earthquake and its aftermath. Lower temperatures, inadequate infrastructure and supplies, as well as the consequences of the civil war in northern Syria, are further exacerbating the already catastrophic situation for many people after the earthquake.
The Federal Foreign Office had not yet made any concrete commitments on Friday. Previously, several voices had called for those affected in Syria and Turkey to be able to flee to relatives in Germany at short notice and without bureaucracy.
The Green MP and chairman of the German-Turkish parliamentary group, Max Lucks, told the Catholic News Agency (KNA) that he expected Faeser to quickly lower the hurdles in issuing visas for those affected by the earthquake. The Federal Foreign Office has already increased its capacity for issuing visas this week.
Around 300 people at the Brandenburg Gate commemorated the victims of the earthquake in the Turkish-Syrian border region on Saturday. Berlin’s Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) announced an airlift for relief supplies from Berlin to Turkey.
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