The local government of the state of Berlin has decided to accept 500 Afghan refugees in need of protection over the next five years. The media museum in Karlsruhe, Germany, has also called for the admission of Afghan artists.

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Berlin plans to accept a total of 500 refugees in need of special protection from Afghanistan in the next five years. The case was approved by the local government of Berlin on Tuesday.

Accordingly, 100 people are admitted each year through the Berlin State Admission Program. These include those who have been classified by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as people in need of protection, such as political opponents and human rights activists.

According to the local administration in Berlin, the state program is for people who have not previously received approval for admission to Germany from the federal government.

At the same time, for humanitarian reasons, the Berlin government also decided to extend the rules of admission to relatives of Afghan refugees living in Berlin. This exceptional law has already been applied to the reception of relatives of Syrian and Iraqi refugees.

Call for admission of Afghan artists

The Media Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany, wants to accept Afghan artists who are under threat in a solidarity campaign. The Arts and Media Center (Zaid KAM) announced on Tuesday that, given the difficult situation in Afghanistan, the international community needs solidarity with the arts and culture.

Peter Weibel, the museum’s director of art, also called for politicians to work together. Weibel said the museum is ready to receive artists.

The proposal had already been communicated to the German Foreign Ministry in September. In doing so, the museum supports the request of the independent aid organization “Artist in Danger”.

In early December, the organization released an album by Afghan artists entitled German Chancellor Olaf Schultz and US President Joe Biden.

The letter urges governments to no longer ignore the humanitarian emergency in Afghanistan, but to issue visas for artists to leave. The letter notes that the signatories are being persecuted and are fleeing for fear of the Taliban, who see almost all arts as violating Islamic law.

He added that the “valuable culture and spirit of the Afghan people” must be preserved for future generations.