Occasionally, states establish humanitarian admission programmes for individuals from regions experiencing acute conflict. In doing so, they commit to receiving a specified number of people in need of protection. Germany has implemented such programmes on several occasions in the past, including various programmes for refugees from Syria.
In previous years, certain federal states also introduced their own admission programmes for specific groups, particularly extended family members who are not part of the nuclear family (i.e. spouses and their minor children). Currently, such programmes are no longer in place. For enquiries regarding individual humanitarian admission, please contact the immigration authority responsible for your place of residence, the Ministry of the Interior of your federal state, or a relevant counselling centre.
Further information on the various German admission programmes is available on the website of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community.