https://digivn.dw.com/view/250429-01-0184

Lower thirds:
0:03  Report by / Aline Spantig 
0:24  Leila / Afghan special admissions participant 
1:18  Ali Ramish Babah / Afghan journalist & filmmaker
1:53  Ann-Kathrin Grimm Social Worker
2:24  Maryam Achmadi / Afghan special admissions participant

Script:
Zakir and Leila celebrate their safe arrival to this camp in Germany. 
But they have mixed feelings - joy and pain - to process.  
The Afghan couple was on the very last flight organized by the outgoing German government. 

00:23
+++ SOT Leila +++ 
"I couldn’t believe it when our flight took off from Islamabad, because our flights were cancelled once before. Then I was thinking: Would I achieve the goals I had in my mind? And then I had these strange feelings, feelings of freedom, joy, and prosperity."

00:42
Both of them are artists. 
Zakir painted these images about life under Taliban rule.
 
+++ SOT Leila Jafari+++ 
"This painting represents women in Afghanistan. It’s hard to talk about, I feel like crying. The woman is wearing a burka and there is a cross on it which means that women have no value in Afghan society."

Freedom is what Ali, a journalist and filmmaker, hopes to find in Germany 
 - for himself, his wife and his daughter.  

+++SOT Ali Ramish Babah+++  
"I had this feeling, honestly at first, I couldn’t believe it... And when I gave the news that we were going to Germany to my wife, she hugged me and cried. She cried for almost an hour, it was tears of happiness, and a sense of hope was created."

His journey took two years, first through Pakistan where he and his family were screened as part of Germany's special admission program. 

+++SOT Ann-Kathrin Grimm Social Worker+++ 
"For us it's a good way for people to come to Germany. We feel like it's better to know which people are coming because we can provide everything for them. We know that they are security checked before."

138 people arrived on the last flight, which departed from Islamabad. 

Under pressure over migration, the incoming government has pledged to do as much as possible to stop special admission programs.

+++ SOT Maryam Achmadi+++   
"I am sure that after the distressing news that the last flight carrying at-risk Afghans to Germany has taken place, the stress and psychological pressure of those in Pakistan have increased significantly."

For now, Maryam's family is focusing on learning German so they can start building a new life here with their daughter. 

+++ SOT Maryam Achmadi+++ 
"I am so happy that now I can send my daughter without any worry or stress to school, and without the worry that God forbid after a certain age my daughter will not be allowed to go to school or that she has no right to work."

Zakir and Leila will go to Bavaria where they’d like to start their own art studio. 

+++ SOT Leila +++  
"Munich is a major city with many opportunities for personal and professional growth. Anyone looking to progress can certainly do so here, and it's a place where one can build a promising future and a fulfilling life."

They want to make up for lost time, but with the burden of knowing so many others won’t have the same chance.  

END