EU must engage with Taliban on migration, EU Commissioner tells Euronews

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EU must engage with Taliban on migration, EU Commissioner tells Euronews  The EU must talk to the Taliban about migration on a technical level, even if it is not "fun" or "easy", EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner told Euronews.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/27/eu-has-to-keep-talking-with-taliban-on-migration-eu-commissioner-tells-euronews  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner told Euronews that the EU and its member states

00:06must engage with governments like the Taliban for technical talks on migration.

00:12Asked about Germany negotiating a deal with the Taliban to send back Afghans set for deportation,

00:18he said this was necessary.

00:20So on a technical level, I totally understand and we support that as a commission as well.

00:25Our people, our experts were there in Kabul also to talk about possibilities

00:31because not getting engaged means it doesn't get better.

00:35So yes, it's not fun, it's not easy, but not getting engaged is not an option.

00:41So yes, I do think we have to talk to these countries,

00:45even we don't of course recognize them as a government, but we have to talk to them.

00:50No option not to talk.

00:52His comments come one month after 20 European countries came together to pressure the commission

00:57to find ways to send back Afghan nationals who are living illegally in Europe.

01:03They argued that their inability to deport Afghans, convicted of crimes due to a lack of a return

01:08agreement with the Taliban, poses a threat to EU security.

01:13We had these examples with criminals and posing a security threat to the European Union,

01:19to member states, and I think it's legitimate to send them back and to find solutions with

01:26these regions or countries, to find solutions to get them back to their countries.

01:34Bruner confirmed that commission staff have been on the ground in Kabul for talks with the Taliban,

01:39concluding that not getting engaged means it doesn't get better.

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