Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 22 hours ago
Mohammad Nazar recounts his migration journey from Afghanistan to Germany in 2011, where he spent time in refugee camps and eventually found work and studied German, obtaining a humanitarian visa.
He later returned to Afghanistan, hoping to bring his fiancée to Germany, but faced numerous obstacles, including the slow visa process and the deteriorating security and economic situation in Afghanistan. Despite surrendering his German visa, Mohammad Nazar expresses a strong desire to return to Germany with his family, finding it a place where he felt valued and secure, unlike his current circumstances in Afghanistan, marked by a lack of freedom and opportunity.
with Mohammad Nazar
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Produced by: Billim Organization for Research & Social Studies and Migration Matters e.V. 2024 - 2025
Editorial: Hidayet Siddikoğlu, Susan Rottmann, Maissam Nimer
Edited by: Karoline Schulz, Bernadette Klausberger
Music: Cloud 9, Seven Up, Magpie, Saver by Podington Bear (freemusicarchive.org) CC-BY_NC 4.0
Mohammad Nazar recounts his migration journey from Afghanistan to Germany in 2011, where he spent time in refugee camps and eventually found work and studied German, obtaining a humanitarian visa.
He later returned to Afghanistan, hoping to bring his fiancée to Germany, but faced numerous obstacles, including the slow visa process and the deteriorating security and economic situation in Afghanistan. Despite surrendering his German visa, Mohammad Nazar expresses a strong desire to return to Germany with his family, finding it a place where he felt valued and secure, unlike his current circumstances in Afghanistan, marked by a lack of freedom and opportunity.
with Mohammad Nazar
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These videos have been produced under a contract with the EU’s Horizon Europe Research Program (HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-09, Project Reference GAPs 101094341), financed by the European Union’s budget.
The opinions expressed are those of the contractor and do not necessarily represent the contracting authority’s official position.
Please visit migrationmatters.me to learn more about our work and subscribe to our courses. You are free (and encouraged!) to embed this video and use it for any non-commercial purposes: CC BY-NC 4.0
Produced by: Billim Organization for Research & Social Studies and Migration Matters e.V. 2024 - 2025
Editorial: Hidayet Siddikoğlu, Susan Rottmann, Maissam Nimer
Edited by: Karoline Schulz, Bernadette Klausberger
Music: Cloud 9, Seven Up, Magpie, Saver by Podington Bear (freemusicarchive.org) CC-BY_NC 4.0
