European Union foreign ministers are holding emergency talks to weigh the security implications of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Afghans are among the biggest group of nationalities seeking sanctuary in Europe, after Syrians.
Afghans are among the biggest group of nationalities seeking sanctuary in Europe, after Syrians. According to some EU estimates, around 570,000 Afghans have applied for asylum in Europe since 2015.
He said the “organized and just international effort” would be marked by “an effort of solidarity, the harmonization of protection criteria and cooperation with transit countries” that Afghan migrants might move through. Turkey, with whom the EU already has a migrant outsourcing deal, is one such country.Austria, meanwhile, plans to suggest at a meeting of EU interior ministers on Wednesday that deportation centers be set up in countries neighboring Afghanistan.
Asylum applications by Afghan nationals climbed by a third since February as it became clear that the United States would pull troops out of Afghanistan. More than 4,648 applications were lodged in May, according to the EU’s asylum office. About half of the applications tend to be successful. On Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel and other top German politicians warned of a possible new wave of refugees and appealed for assistance to help Afghanistan’s neighbors keep people close to their homes.
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