Commission admits plan to invite Taliban to Brussels | Euractiv
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Euractiv first reported last month on plans for politically sensitive deportation talks with the Taliban in Brussels

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/64163146

The acknowledgment ends weeks of silence from Brussels over plans for a Taliban delegation to visit the Belgian capital before summer, at the invitation of Sweden and the Commission, for discussions on Afghan returns.

  • LustLife@fedinsfw.appEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Trolly Ban shall not enter. To west south of Afghanistan is Al-Bhagistan, a prime example of consequences of letting this rot in.

  • Nautalax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Is there a big push in the EU to expand deportations or something? Since this article seems to indicate that’s a focus of the talks on the EU side. I read something similar as an aside on the news that the suspended cooperation agreement the EU has with Syria is being revived, that said they were looking to send 80% of Syrians back or something like that.

    • meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      11 hours ago

      That 80% figure came from Friedrich Merz in a press conference with al-Sharaa. It’s apparently roughly the percentage of Syrian refugees in Germany that don’t yet have a more permanent status and could conceivably be “sent back”.

      It’s also frankly ridiculous, because that number represents a theoretical maximum of people that could be “sent back” (I hate this polite euphemism, so let’s call it what it is: deported), not a realistic goal number.

      At least in Germany asylum seekers have to be judged on a case-by-case basis, considering individual circumstances, so a blanket statement of “x% of Syrians will get deported” is far-right populist bullshit. Not that they won’t try of course…