The EU is inviting the Taliban to Brussels. Europe’s credibility lies in tatters
As ICE-style deportation rules come into force, the unsavoury circle the EU wants migrant deals with includes the Afghan regime. This is a nadir
TL;DR
- The EU's new migration and asylum pact, effective June 12, includes offshore processing centers, third-country deportation hubs, and expanded detention powers.
- Human rights organizations condemn these measures as 'ICE-style' detection, raids, detention, and offshore return practices.
- The EU Commission is planning 'technical' talks with a Taliban delegation in Brussels, despite not formally recognizing the regime.
- Critics warn these talks risk legitimizing the Taliban and facilitating the deportation of asylum seekers to a country facing arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, and a food crisis.
- The article criticizes the EU's shift from migration management to deterrence and deportation, using dehumanizing language and engaging in 'cash-for-migration' deals.
- It connects the EU's treatment of migrants and planned talks with the Taliban to its selective application of rules regarding Ukrainian refugees, the conflict in Gaza, and actions in Iran.
- The author expresses concern that the normalization of 'shocking' policies, like engaging with the Taliban, makes all individuals potential targets.