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Meschede (NRW) – Polygamy (“bigamy”) is forbidden in Germany – but in two cases second wives from Afghanistan were now allowed to move to their husbands in the Hochsauerland district.
According to the “Westfalenpost,” the immigration office of the Hochsauerland district has confirmed two of these cases of bigamy. What sounds like a scandal has an understandable background. The reason for the action is family reunification, which was approved by the federal government.
Accordingly, two Afghan local staff who worked for Germany in their home country were allowed to bring their second wives and their children to join them. The federal government made the decisions. The families are randomly assigned to the Hochsauerland district according to a calculation key. Specifically, it is a husband with two wives – but he only lives with one wife and three children, the second wife lives in a separate apartment with another seven children.
The other husband lives with two wives and nine children. According to “WP,” this creates new legal problems: One of the children was born in Germany and cannot get a German birth certificate because their parents’ marriage is not recognized in Germany.
After the Taliban took power in 2021, the federal government had promised the Afghan local forces to rescue them from the life-threatening situation in Afghanistan and to create the opportunity to come to Germany.
“I finally want to save my brother,” that is Fawad Shukor’s greatest wish.
In Germany, double marriage or polygamy is prohibited by law and is considered punishable unless it has been entered into according to other permitted rules abroad, such as in many Islamic countries. But there are also other justifications: In Pinneberg (Schleswig-Holstein) in 2018, two cases concerned the subsequent immigration of a Syrian second wife. At that time, the decision was justified by the fact that the main thing was that children abroad and fleeing war and expulsion should grow up with their biological mother.
Meschede (NRW) – Polygamy (“bigamy”) is forbidden in Germany – but in two cases second wives from Afghanistan were now allowed to move to their husbands in the Hochsauerland district.
According to the “Westfalenpost,” the immigration office of the Hochsauerland district has confirmed two of these cases of bigamy. What sounds like a scandal has an understandable background. The reason for the action is family reunification, which was approved by the federal government.
Accordingly, two Afghan local staff who worked for Germany in their home country were allowed to bring their second wives and their children to join them. The federal government made the decisions. The families are randomly assigned to the Hochsauerland district according to a calculation key. Specifically, it is a husband with two wives – but he only lives with one wife and three children, the second wife lives in a separate apartment with another seven children.
The other husband lives with two wives and nine children. According to “WP,” this creates new legal problems: One of the children was born in Germany and cannot get a German birth certificate because their parents’ marriage is not recognized in Germany.
After the Taliban took power in 2021, the federal government had promised the Afghan local forces to rescue them from the life-threatening situation in Afghanistan and to create the opportunity to come to Germany.
“I finally want to save my brother,” that is Fawad Shukor’s greatest wish.
In Germany, double marriage or polygamy is prohibited by law and is considered punishable unless it has been entered into according to other permitted rules abroad, such as in many Islamic countries. But there are also other justifications: In Pinneberg (Schleswig-Holstein) in 2018, two cases concerned the subsequent immigration of a Syrian second wife. At that time, the decision was justified by the fact that the main thing was that children abroad and fleeing war and expulsion should grow up with their biological mother.
