We started in January 2015 to approach the Kurdish government. Then we built up the structures and made treaties with our partners. In March 2015, we managed to bring the first group of beneficiaries to Germany. Then we adjusted our planning. It was a small group with a little more than 30 persons. Then we went, on a rotating basis, with every new mission, every two to three weeks, and in January 2016, we were done. It took three months preparation and nine months to do it.
On November 22nd, 2016. See this statement in context.