Osnabrück/Berlin, 27 June 2025 – On the occasion of the Bundestag’s approval of the suspension of family reunification, Joshua Hofert, Spokesperson of the Board of Terre des Hommes , stated:
»With the suspension of family reunification to subsidiary protected, the federal government abandon children and their families. Ali from Syria, who has been waiting for his wife and two daughters for three years, told us: 'My daughters often say' dad, we miss you, we want to hug you. 'I can only be silent because I have no answer. Now I hardly dare to tell my family the bad news about the suspension of family reunification. '
Family reunification remains legally necessary, sensible and humanly necessary in integration policy: That is why we will remind the Federal Government of its human rights obligations in the coming months and, together with those affected, we will work with those affected to ensure that the right to family is maintained. «
Families belong together! To the press release of June 26, 2025