Afghanistan has not been so dangerous for civilians since 2009, however, the EUROPEAN union will … – Daily

When the big Afghanistan conference starts in Brussels today, the hardest battle is already in the box: Sunday, it was clear that the EU and Afghanistan have signed an agreement that ensures that the EU can send back afghan asylum seekers who have been rejected on the application in Europe. Afghanistan is obliged to accept them. At the same time shouts charities varsku that the situation in Afghganistan is worse than ever.

the Nrc responds that Europe both have cut in the humanitarian support to Afghanistan and the tightening of the possibility to stay in Europe for afghans.

– the European authorities to give the impression that we do not help them here, or provide the necessary support to those who are left in Afghanisan. Europe has turned back to the afghans, ” says communications adviser Tiril Skarstein of the Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen.

80.000 returns

according to a leaked memo newspaper The Guardian has got hold of from the negotiations on the migrasjonsavtalen, did the EU it is clear that parts of the humanitarian aid to Afghanistan would depend on afghan authorities ‘ cooperation with returavtalen. The EUROPEAN union recognizes that the security situation has been deteriorating in Afghanistan, but estimates, however, that it may be appropriate to return the more than 80,000 people in the near future. Negotiations on the details of the agreement started yesterday.

Afghans were the second largest group of asylum seekers to the EUROPEAN union in the last year, a total of 213.000 persons. Several countries have already concluded bilateral agreements on the return of asylum seekers to Afghanistan. Germany has a ban on family reunification for afghans, several areas in the country have been declared safe and it is again opened for forced returns. Also Norway has declared large parts of Afghanistan safe for returns.

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Dangerous escape

This description does not know the Nrc itself again in the. 1.2 million people are now internally displaced in Afghanistan, many of them do not get the help and support they are entitled to. In addition, escalating in the fighting between rebel forces, the Taliban and afghan security forces led to that the number of civilians killed is now at its highest since the UN started counting in 2009, right during the afghan war.

Tiril Skarstein has even just visited Afghanistan, the families she met told how they don’t even had a chance to take on the kids shoes before they had to flee from the violent battles. The long-term, but well on the way to failed international military engagement in Afghanistan can provide the authorities in the interest of beautifying the image of Afghanistan, fear the Norwegian refugee council.

– While the reality is that the situation is getting worse day by day. That so many have taken to embark on a very dangerous journey and fled to Europe, is a sign of the deteriorating and desperate situation in Afghanisan, ” she says.