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EU officials play down prospects of Afghan deportations as war rages
Six EU countries had warned Brussels against halting forced returns despite major Taliban advances
A senior EU official on Tuesday pushed back against a plea from several EU countries to continue deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers, saying it was “hard to imagine” the bloc conducting “forced returns” to a…
- Jacopo Barigazzi
- Politico
Whether to send back Afghans denied asylum in the EU has become a contentious topic in recent days as Taliban forces continue to capture key cities throughout the country.
The advances have occurred in the wake of the decision to withdraw all U.S. and NATO troops from the country, leaving the local Afghan security…