High-ranking employees at the German Foreign Ministry have been placed under investigation on suspicion of ordering illegal entry permits for thousands of people, some of which involved forged passports from Afghanistan, Syria and other countries, a Focus Online exclusive reveals.
Public prosecutors in Berlin and the northeastern city of Cottbus claim that Interior Minister Baerbock’s employees instructed embassies abroad to allow applicants to enter Germany using either incomplete or forged documents, including passports.
Syrians, Turks, and Afghans (thousands of Afghans have already been identified for having made use of the scheme) are primarily involved, but also citizens of African countries and Pakistan.
