EU to invite Taliban officials to Brussels to hold migration talks
Around 20 EU countries are seeking technical talks on returns as officials weigh passports, airport capacity and other practical hurdles.
- On Monday, the European Commission announced plans to invite Taliban officials to Brussels for talks on returning migrants to Afghanistan, with officials working to send a letter "imminently" to arrange the meeting.
- Around 20 European Union countries are exploring ways to return migrants, particularly those with court convictions, as Germany has deported more than 100 Afghans with criminal records since 2024 via charter flights.
- Two previous European trips to Afghanistan addressed airport capacity and technical issues, according to diplomatic sources. The proposed Brussels visit aims to resolve practical hurdles such as issuing passports for citizens whose embassies remain unrecognized.
- Critics, including the International Rescue Committee, argue the returns drive ignores humanitarian risks. Lisa Owen, the committee's country director, warned: "Deporting Afghans back to a country where almost half of the population cannot feed themselves is not a migration policy."
- Because the group remains unrecognized by the European Union, engaging with Taliban authorities presents ethical dilemmas and diplomatic constraints. Rights groups fear the visit could allow Taliban officials to identify individuals they wish to return, risking fundamental rights.
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EU invites Taiban members to discuss Afghan migrant returns
The European Commission has invited officials from Afghanitan's Taliban to discuss the returns of certain migrants. It's controversial on humanitarian grounds, and because Brussels doesn't recognize Taliban authority.
On Tuesday, 12 May, the European Commission announced that it had invited Taliban officials to Brussels to discuss the return of migrants to Afghanistan, a visit that raised an avalanche of ethical and practical issues. Brussels sent a letter to Kabul in the morning to set a date for an appointment in the Belgian capital.
This meeting follows the desire of some 20 EU countries to tighten up their migration policies, and the discussions will focus on the return of migrants to Afghanistan.
Brussels Turns to the Taliban To Clean Up Migration Mess It Helped Create
The European Commission has confirmed for the first time that it is working together with the Swedish government on the organisation of technical meetings in Brussels with representatives of Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to discuss possible returns and deportations of Afghan citizens from European territory. The confirmation ends weeks of institutional silence surrounding contacts that Brussels had earlier only acknowledged as “technical.” …
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Mittelstand CafeStraubinger Tagblatt [Newsroom] Straubing (ots) - This is hard to bear: The European Commission apparently wants to invite representatives of the Stone Age Islamists and oppressors at the Hindu Kush to Brussels to negotiate with them on the deportation of Afghan nationals. ... Continue reading here...Original content of: Straubinger Tagblatt, transmitted by news aktuell
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