politics
Belgium Issued 5 Visas to Taliban Representatives to Discuss Deportations
Belgium issued visas to five representatives of the Taliban terrorist movement, which has ruled Afghanistan since 2021, so they could attend an EU meeting on migration in Brussels, according to EUObserver, citing the press secretary for the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Audrey Jasquez.
TL;DR
- Belgium issued visas to five Taliban representatives for an EU migration meeting.
- The visas are restricted to Belgium and valid for only one day.
- The meeting's purpose is to discuss the deportation of Afghan migrants.
- A previous visit by an EU official to Kabul aimed to simplify migrant deportations.
- Information regarding the EU official's trip was not publicly disclosed.