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The European Union and NATO are coordinating efforts among their member states to guarantee the evacuation of their personnel in Afghan territory after the takeover of Kabul yesterday by the Taliban, given the rapid deterioration of the situation. The EU foreign ministers will meet this Tuesday, while calling to

guarantee the safety

of those who decide to leave the country.

The silence in Europe before the fall of Kabul yesterday was thunderous. The defense ministers of the NATO member states had met just days before and maintained their support for the Afghan government and its security forces, which were withdrawing before the advance of the Taliban. But the organization will limit itself to maintaining its diplomatic presence in the country, taken in a matter of days, and concentrating its efforts on speeding up repatriations.

"I have spoken with UK Prime Minister

Boris Johnson

and the Foreign Ministers of our allies

Canada, Denmark

and

the Netherlands

about the situation in Afghanistan. NATO is helping to keep Kabul Airport open to facilitate and coordinate evacuations. , "assured the general secretary of the alliance,

Jens Stoltenberg

.

With the US military ready to fully withdraw in a matter of days, countries barely have time to repatriate their personnel, and the advance of the Taliban could further complicate the mission if they decide to take over the airport.

The EU's short answer

From Brussels, just a brief message came from the President of the European Council,

Charles Michel

, who claimed to be in contact with the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy,

Josep Borrell

. "The safety of European citizens, employees and their families is a priority in the short term. Equally, it is clear that lessons must be learned," said Michel. Not a word from the president of the European Commission,

Ursula von der Leyen

, and not from the 27, whose ministers will meet in an extraordinary way tomorrow to analyze the situation.

The EU, with the exceptions of Bulgaria and Hungary,

has limited itself to supporting a statement

from the international community - without Russia or China - that asks the Taliban to guarantee the safety of all citizens, international or Afghan, who want to leave the country. by land or air. They also ask to remain calm, but with all borders under Taliban control, the images of chaos at the Kabul airport give an idea of ​​the desperation of thousands of Afghans trying to flee the country.

France or the Netherlands rushed to transfer their staff from the embassies in Kabul to the airport and Denmark, Italy or Sweden are trying to speed up the repatriation of their staff. The United Kingdom will deploy up to 600 soldiers to ensure that the evacuation mission is fulfilled and France has increased its presence in the United Arab Emirates to coordinate repatriations. Germany, too, is trying to guarantee the transfer of its nationals. "

We are not going to risk our people falling into the hands of the Taliban

," German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass told the

Bild

daily

.

The ministers will discuss

what to do with local personnel

who have worked for embassies and the EU itself in the country and who face possible reprisals for staying in Afghanistan, since the competence to issue

humanitarian visas

that allow these people to evacuate

lies with

the member states. Some countries such as Germany, Spain or France have committed to working to not leave their collaborators behind.

"France does not forget those who have worked for it,"

French Foreign Minister

Jean-Yves Le Drian

said in a statement

.

The country launched a program that has allowed more than 600 people to move to France together with their families and Le Drian is committed to "doing everything possible to continue to protect members of Afghan civil society, human rights defenders , artists and journalists who are in special danger due to their activities. "

A potential migration crisis

Afghan citizens represent

10.6% of asylum claims

in the EU, but a significant percentage end up being rejected. In fact, half a dozen countries asked a week ago not to stop the forced expulsions of Afghan asylum seekers whose request had been denied, despite the evident deterioration of the situation in the country.

Despite the fact that the number of asylum claims from Afghans in 2020 was the lowest since the migration crisis and although many experts reject the possibility of a situation similar to the one that collapsed the European system in 2015 due to the war in Syria, the ghosts of that administration are beginning to be reflected in political speeches.

Angela Merkel's

replacement

at the head of the CDU has already warned that "we cannot allow 2015 to repeat itself," referring to Merkel's own open-door policy in Germany, claiming that the country cannot give the signal to that it can receive all those who need protection.

Merkel herself will appear before the media tonight to analyze the situation in Afghanistan.

Also French President Emmanuel Macron will make a statement on the matter.

Meanwhile, the House of Commons is also pressing for Boris Johnson to give his face on the British efforts in the country before the fall of the Afghan government.


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