{"id":152316,"date":"2025-08-23T23:40:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T20:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152316\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"german-diplomat-announces-lifting-moratorium-on-admitting-belarusians-for-humanitarian-reasons","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152316\/","title":{"rendered":"German diplomat announces lifting moratorium on admitting Belarusians for humanitarian reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 23, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Michael Nowak, division head at the Federal Foreign Office, announced the lifting of Germany\u2019s moratorium on admitting Belarusian nationals on humanitarian grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the German human rights Telegram channel SaveHumVisa22, the announcement was made at the foreign ministry\u2019s open house, held on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Telegram channel was launched about a month ago to support the issuance of humanitarian visas to Russians and Belarusians. It has quoted Nowak, a former charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires in Belarus, as saying that German agencies are already discussing the conditions for resuming the distribution of these visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nowak-michael-botschaft-st-k-POZ.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nowak-michael-botschaft-st-k-POZ.jpg 902w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nowak-michael-botschaft-st-k-POZ-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nowak-michael-botschaft-st-k-POZ-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nowak-michael-botschaft-st-k-POZ-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nowak-michael-botschaft-st-k-POZ-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Michael Nowak delivers a farewell address in Belarusian before leaving for his homeland. Minsk, July 10, 2024.\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(German embassy video | still frame by Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is the right and timely decision. We are grateful to the German foreign ministry, members of the Bundestag, and the European Parliament, with whom we have been in contact over the past few weeks,\u201d Franak Via\u010dorka told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s adviser said, \u201cWe explained why humanitarian visas are important for Belarusians from a practical and symbolic standpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are happy that this moratorium has been lifted. I hope the decision will help preserve people\u2019s freedom, because the repression is intensifying rather than stopping,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Via\u010dorka stated that Germany is well aware of developments in Belarus, which is why support for the repressed and civil society continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/libereco-logo-354x206.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/libereco-logo-354x206.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/libereco-logo-734x427.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/libereco-logo-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/libereco-logo.jpg 1096w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0413\u0435\u0440\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0413\u0435\u0440\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438, \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Libereco urges Germany to resume issuance of visas to Belarusian refugees<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 7,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Libereco, a Swiss-German advocacy group, has appealed to the German government to resume the issuance of visas to Belarusians persecuted for political reasons. \u201cStop turning your back on those persecuted for political motives in Belarus!\u201d it said. 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The Telegram channel was launched about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":152298,"template":"","rubric":[29,16],"class_list":["post-152316","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-germanynews","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>German diplomat announces lifting moratorium on admitting Belarusians for humanitarian reasons | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 23, Pozirk. 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