Macron says EU setting up initiative to thwart arrival of Afghan refugees
French president Emmanuel Macron said the European Union would be setting up an initiative to thwart the expected arrivals of refugees from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover.
“We must anticipate and protect ourselves against significant irregular migratory flows that would endanger the migrants and risk encouraging trafficking of all kinds,” he said in a televised statement.
He said the response from France, Germany and other EU countries would be “robust, coordinated and united” and would target smuggling rings.
If the EU doesn't want Afghan refugees there, then they're welcome to deploy their own forces to Afghanistan to repel the Taliban and prop up Ghani's government indefinitely.
If you read his comment, it's entirely ambiguous. In a part you left out, he says that there is a duty to protect those most in need. He says that we need to protect ourselves from specifically "irregular" migratory flows. I think it could mean anything in practice.
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