In the case of child abduction in Paraguay, a court cleared the way for the two girls to return to Germany.

On Friday evening (local time), the family court in the capital Asunción lifted travel bans against the German children.

The lawyer Stephan Schultheiss confirmed a corresponding report by the Paraguayan newspaper "ABC Color" on Saturday.

According to him, the travel bans were issued during the search for the girls.

The decision that the children can be returned to Germany must first be communicated to the South American country's migration authorities on Monday.

After that, they would fly to Germany as soon as possible, said Schultheiss from Paraguay.

reunification in Paraguay

On Thursday (local time), the month-long search for the ten and eleven-year-old girls came to an end.

The German emigrant couple wanted for child abduction turned themselves in to the police after negotiations with Schultheiss and another lawyer.

The parents represented by the lawyers who initially remained in Germany were also in Paraguay to be reunited with their children there.

The emigrant couple - the father of one girl and the mother of the other girl - are married to each other in their second marriage and emigrated to Paraguay with their two children in November last year without the consent of their respective ex-partners.

According to the Paraguayan public prosecutor's office, the couple had an arrest warrant issued by the international police agency Interpol.