Opposition parties in the Bundestag are increasing pressure on the German Foreign Ministry to investigate cases of unjustified issuance of visas to migrants entering Germany. This was reported today, August 2, by the Berliner Zeitung newspaper.
“August will be turbulent for Annalena Berbok: the pressure on the German Foreign Minister caused by the visa scandal is intensifying. The investigation has been going on for more than a year, but more and more new details are appearing in the case,” the newspaper notes.
According to the charges, employees of the department controlled by Berbok gave recommendations to embassies and consulates to ignore the need for thorough verification of documents from persons applying for refugee status. It is alleged that employees of the German Foreign Ministry allegedly allowed foreigners with incomplete or obviously forged documents to enter Germany. The softening of the requirements led to the fact that immigrants from Afghanistan, Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, as well as a number of African countries, received migration status “illegally”.
“The German edition of Focus has information about several thousand cases of persons with questionable documents entering…
