Demonstrators Demand Admittance of Children from Gaza
In a letter sent to Mayor Michael Dreier on Tuesday, Reinhard Borgmeier, the faction leader of the Left in Paderborn's city council, has called for the city's participation in a nationwide aid initiative for the Gaza Strip. The initiative aims to provide aid to particularly vulnerable children in the region, which is currently facing a dire humanitarian crisis.
Borgmeier expressed urgency for the initiative, stating "Time is of the essence." He highlighted that hundreds of thousands of people in the Gaza Strip are starving, and there is a lack of supplies and essentials for the population.
The proposed cross-faction initiative is a response to the dire situation in the Gaza Strip and is intended to be undertaken by all factions in Paderborn's city council, except the AfD. Borgmeier asked Mayor Dreier to present a corresponding proposal to the city council as soon as possible and to request support from the federal government for the aid initiative.
Several German cities, including Leipzig, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Bonn, Kiel, and Freiburg, have already expressed their willingness to participate in the aid initiative. Borgmeier hopes for the support of all council factions (except AfD) for the cross-faction initiative.
As of August 2025, there are no publicly available, direct updates specifically detailing the current status of Paderborn's involvement in taking in vulnerable children from the Gaza Strip. The recent sources focus primarily on the broader context of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Germany’s migration policy shifts, and general international humanitarian conditions, without specific mention of Paderborn’s aid initiatives for children from Gaza.
However, it is worth noting that Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) restarted processing asylum applications from Gaza-related displaced persons in July 2025, implying a pathway for granting subsidiary protection to vulnerable individuals, possibly including children. The German Bundestag has also been active on migration issues earlier in 2025, though no direct information about Paderborn’s specific humanitarian programs or commitments was found.
For the latest and precise status of Paderborn’s involvement in the aid initiative for vulnerable children in the Gaza Strip, direct sources from the city administration of Paderborn or humanitarian NGO reports would be needed.
Other political factions in Paderborn's city council, besides the AfD, are being urged to support a cross-faction aid initiative, aiming to provide assistance to children affected by war-and-conflicts and general-news crises in the Gaza Strip. The initiative follows a humanitarian crisis in the region, with hundreds of thousands of people facing starvation and a shortage of supplies and essentials.
