Europa.eu: The European Union has a long-term partnership with Afghanistan. Since 2002, the European Union has provided €3.66 billion in development and humanitarian aid, making it the fourth largest donor in support of the Afghan people. Afghanistan is also the largest beneficiary of EU development assistance; together with its Member States, the European Union contributes more
The Guardian (UK): When international donors and the Afghan government convene in Brussels next week, the EU secretly plans to threaten Afghanistan with a reduction in aid if the war-torn country does not accept at least 80,000 deported asylum seekers. According to a leaked restricted memo (pdf), the EU will make some of its aid “migration sensitive”,
1TV: Afghan officials said on Sunday they had agreed to return of 50 refugees per week from Germany. Around 250,000 Afghans applied for asylum in Europe last year with Germany as their top destination. EU is seeking to send a large number of the refugees back to their country. Click here to read more (external link). Related
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 23, 2016 Police in Italy say a migrant from Afghanistan travelled 400 kilometers along a highway strapped to the bottom of a truck. According to reports on August 23, the Afghan youth was detained by police along the Naples-Rome stretch of the A1 highway. Police were alerted by motorists who
Daily Mail: A woman who ran a home for refugees in Sweden is under investigation for sexual offences after two Afghan boys claimed she threatened them with deportation if they refused her advances. The boys, who have not been named, say the woman encouraged them to film her having sex with each of them, according to Eskilstuna Kuriren. The
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 29, 2016 Bulgaria has returned dozens of migrants detained aboard a freight train from Greece back to its southern neighbor. The migrants returned on May 29 included 56 Afghans. It was the first time Bulgaria had deported migrants to Greece. A separate group of some 40 Syrians and Iraqis detained
Press TV April 17, 2016 The United Nations (UN) says the number of Afghans returning home from countries where they had sought refuge has hit a drastic low since 2001, amid continuing fighting and economic problems in the war-ravaged country. According to UN officials, some 2,200 refugees have returned to Afghanistan so far this year,
VOA News Hasib Danish Alikozai April 15, 2016 The Afghan government is finalizing agreements with some European member states and the European Union to handle the return of Afghan refugees, currently in limbo in Greece. The full details of the memoranda of understanding have yet to be announced, but Afghan officials have told VOA that
Khaama Press: The Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah strongly condemned coordinated explosions targeting airport and metro station in Brussels city. “I strongly condemn the explosions in Brussels. I offer my sympathies & condolences to those affected by these incidents,” Abdullah said in an online statement posted on Twitter account. He said “Afghanistan as a victim of terrorism feels
The Telegraph (UK): More than 80,000 Afghans will need to be deported from Europe “in the near future” under a secret EU plan, amid warnings of a new influx as parts of the country fall back under Taliban control. The European Commission should threaten to reduce aid that provides 40 per cent of Afghanistan’s GDP unless the