Greece and three other European Union countries are insisting Afghan asylum seekers can still be deported to Afghanistan, where a Taliban onslaught is forcing thousands to flee
Internally displaced Afghan families, who fled from Kunduz and Takhar province due to battles between Taliban and Afghan security sit at the Shahr-e-Naw Park in Kabul on August 10, 2021.
Despite the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, the six European countries – Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands – insisted in the letter that Afghan citizens who have sought asylum in Europe can be deported back to Kabul, despite the Afghan government suspending such "non-voluntary returns" for three months in July.
The Taliban have made sweeping gains across the country in recent weeks, capturing several provincial capitals in the last week. But in a letter dated August 5, the interior ministers of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands urged the EU’s executive branch to “intensify talks” with the Afghan government to ensure that the deportations of asylum seekers whose applications were rejected would continue.
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