EU nations sit down with the Taliban to send back Afghan migrants

Express ^ | June 23, 2026 | Conor Wilson

[MinorityRepublican]

European Union staff and members of the Afghan Taliban have met in Brussels to discuss diplomatic services and “dignified returns” of Afghans, according to a Taliban official. Afghans make up one of the largest groups of migrants seeking asylum in the European Union and efforts to return failed asylum seekers have been hindered by war and the likelihood of executions and human rights abuses.

However, a growing number of governments in the 27-nation bloc want to speed up and increase deportations for those whose claims are rejected or who commit crimes in their host countries. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a New Zealand-born spokesman for the Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs who led the five-strong delegation, said: “This was a historic visit as the first time ever that a delegation from Islamic Emirate visited the EU and held talks with member states in Brussels.”

Mr Balkhi also said they spoke about “restarting broad-range consular services for Afghans in the EU zone, including need for trust-building measures, consular presence and dignified return process”.

Afghan Taliban authorities have imposed draconian restrictions on women and girls since the Taliban seized power in the country in 2021 in the wake of the chaotic withdrawal of US-led forces.

The islamic fundamentalists have imposed bans on education beyond primary school and on employment in all but very few professions, as well as strict regulations on what women are allowed to wear in public.

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TOPICS: European Union; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: remigration

[FrankRizzo890]

Wait, wait, wait. Isn’t the EU the group that Libs say the US should be more like?

If the EU can wholesale ship expats from a particular country back, can we do the same?

[dfwgator]

As long as the Taliban leave everyone outside of Afghanistan alone, I really don’t care what they do.

We gave 20 years of our blood and treasure, and in the end, it turned out that’s what they really wanted there.

[Da Coyote]

Dignified way of returning Talibans?
Firing squad?
Poisoning?
Gas?
Trash compactor?
The ideas are endless, with all being more dignified than being a not third-world, not fourth-world, but 999th world POS scum.

[MinorityRepublican]

We gave 20 years of our blood and treasure, and in the end, it turned out that’s what they really wanted there.

We failed to follow the "Prime Directive" by interfering to "help" them when they needed to develop naturally on their own without external influence.

[lee martell]

The EU will probably end up paying the Afghans to accept some of their people back. Certain ones who will never conform to civilized living, nobody has any use for, Afghanistan included.