How Europe’s Migration Dilemma Became the Taliban’s Leverage

Across Europe, the pressure to expel failed asylum seekers, particularly those with a criminal record, is growing domestically as public opinion hardens and far-right parties make gains. But deportations to Afghanistan effectively stopped after 2021, because the Taliban refused to accept the deportees. The Taliban has been pushing for concessions in exchange for permission to Continue reading How Europe’s Migration Dilemma Became the Taliban’s Leverage The post How Europe’s Migration Dilemma Became the Taliban’s Leverage appeared first on Fair Observer .