On Saturday, the interior minister announced that Germany will provide three-month visas to Turkish and Syrian earthquake victims who have family in the country.
๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐: ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told daily newspaper Bild: "This is emergency aid. We want to allow Turkish or Syrian families in Germany to bring their close relatives from the disaster area to their homes without bureaucracy."
The devastating earthquake has claimed the lives of more than 27,000 individuals.
๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐: ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
According to Faeser, those who meet the criteria can receive "regular visas, issued quickly and valid for three months". The partnership between the foreign ministry and the initiative will enable victims to "find shelter and receive medical treatment" in Germany, she added.
Approximately 2.9 million individuals with Turkish roots reside in Germany, with over half of them being Turkish citizens. Additionally, there is a sizable Syrian community in Germany, estimated at 924,000, due to the open border policy established by former German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016.
There had been 118,000 Syrians in Germany in 2014.
