At the European external borders there is not yet a large rush of people who have recently fled Afghanistan.
Nevertheless, the old political rifts from the refugee crisis are opening up in the EU.
In Eastern Europe, the aim is to keep immigration to a minimum, in Austria to zero, while further west and in Brussels the circle of those in need of protection is interpreted more generously.
The states that were deployed in Afghanistan do indeed have a moral obligation towards their local staff and the people they (politically) supported in Kabul.
This is exactly what the western airlifts to Kabul serve, which despite the difficult situation have already brought thousands out of the country.
Part of the bitter truth of the failed engagement in Afghanistan, however, is that the West will not be able to fly everyone out who so desires.
In general, one should be careful with offering “safe and legal routes”, as the Commission President calls for.
Smugglers often shamelessly inflate signals of readiness to accept;
the Afghan rumor mill could do the rest.
If a really large movement of refugees in the direction of Europe is to be prevented, as many of those responsible allegedly want, then this must also be reflected in public communication. In 2015 that didn't work out, with the well-known consequences.