Six months on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, we catch up with four Afghans who fled and
have made Europe their new home.
Atefa, Reza, Zahra and Farid are among tens of thousands airlifted to Europe in the aftermath of 15 August 2021.
Many are trying to adapt to life in their corner of Europe, while at the same time worrying about those they left behind in Afghanistan.
Read more at:
Meet the Afghans making Europe their home after Taliban takeover | Euronews
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2/14/22
4/23/18
EU ASYLUM LAW: EU granted 500,000 people asylum protection in 2017
EU
member states as well as Norway, Iceland and Switzerland granted
protection status to 538,000 asylum seekers in 2017, according to new
data released by Eurostat recently.
Another 24,000 refugees were resettled in the region last year.
Last year's asylum seeker figures represent a 25% drop from 2016, when 710,000 asylum seekers qualified for international protection in the bloc.
Two forms of protection are offered under EU law: refugee status — for people fleeing persecution, and subsidiary protection — for those who face serious harm if they return to their country of origin, and who don’t qualify as refugees. But protection may also be given for humanitarian reasons, such as on grounds of ill health or if the person is an unaccompanied minor.
Around a third of such asylum seekers in Europe came from Syria last year, followed by Afghan citizens (19%) and Iraqis (12%).
Note EU-Digest:The Eurostat figures in this report are not very clear.
According to the data listed in this re, a third (33.%) of asylum seekers come from Syria, followed by Afghanistan with 19% and Iraq with 12%. Added together 64%.
Where do the rest of the asylum seekers (36%) come from?
Probably a large number of them from Africa, who come to Libya by illegal means to make the crossing to Europe. In our opinion, these are mainly "economic migrants" and not asylum seekers, just as most of them from Afghanistan and Iraq. It is also striking that many of the asylum seekers are young and able men . The EU and the governments of the Member States must, as far as their migrants and asylum policies are concerned do a far better job, Right now it can only be qualified as being barely functional.
READ MORE: EU granted 500,000 people asylum protection in 2017 | Euronews
Another 24,000 refugees were resettled in the region last year.
Last year's asylum seeker figures represent a 25% drop from 2016, when 710,000 asylum seekers qualified for international protection in the bloc.
Two forms of protection are offered under EU law: refugee status — for people fleeing persecution, and subsidiary protection — for those who face serious harm if they return to their country of origin, and who don’t qualify as refugees. But protection may also be given for humanitarian reasons, such as on grounds of ill health or if the person is an unaccompanied minor.
Around a third of such asylum seekers in Europe came from Syria last year, followed by Afghan citizens (19%) and Iraqis (12%).
Note EU-Digest:The Eurostat figures in this report are not very clear.
According to the data listed in this re, a third (33.%) of asylum seekers come from Syria, followed by Afghanistan with 19% and Iraq with 12%. Added together 64%.
Where do the rest of the asylum seekers (36%) come from?
Probably a large number of them from Africa, who come to Libya by illegal means to make the crossing to Europe. In our opinion, these are mainly "economic migrants" and not asylum seekers, just as most of them from Afghanistan and Iraq. It is also striking that many of the asylum seekers are young and able men . The EU and the governments of the Member States must, as far as their migrants and asylum policies are concerned do a far better job, Right now it can only be qualified as being barely functional.
READ MORE: EU granted 500,000 people asylum protection in 2017 | Euronews
12/2/09
NYT: NATO ( Europe?) Looking to Send More Troops to Afghanistan - by Alan Cowell
For the complete report from the NYTimes.com click on this link
As political and military leaders across the globe pondered the import of President Obama’s announcement of his Afghan strategy, the NATO secretary general said Wednesday he believed other members of the alliance would contribute 5,000 soldiers — and possibly more — to make a “substantial” increase to the 43-nation coalition fighting the Taliban. Speaking at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, the official, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said he anticipated “at least 5,000 more forces from other countries in our alliance and possibly a few thousand more” to bolster NATO’s current contingent of around 42,000 soldiers in Afghanistan. The figure fell somewhat short of American hopes, voiced by officials before the president’s speech, that the NATO allies would contribute up to 8,000 additional soldiers.
In Europe, the appeal drew an ambivalent response. France and Germany immediately ruled out an immediate commitment of more ground forces. But Poland was reported to be considering increasing its contingent by 600 soldiers from its current level of 2,000, Reuters reported, and a Spanish newspaper said Spain might increase its deployment by 200 soldiers to 1,200. Britain pledged to press other allies to boost their contingents and Italy hinted at an unspecified increase beyond its current 2,800 soldiers in the patchwork of foreign troops in Afghanistan, known as the International Security Assistance Force.
Note EU-Digest: we can only hope a deal can eventually be made with the Taliban, which provides everyone the opportunity to get out of Afghanistan and if the Taliban does not keep their side of the bargain, make their life very uncomfortable by using all the military superiority the West has. Fighting the Taliban on their terms in a ground war will never work and also bankrupt the Western alliance economic resources.
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