Six EU nations want migrants forced back to Afghanistan

The interior ministers of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands insist that forced deportation of migrants back to Afghanistan must continue despite the government in Kabul suspending such "non-voluntary returns" for three months,

Six European Union member countries insist that the forced deportation of migrants back to Afghanistan, where Taliban insurgents have made sweeping gains in recent weeks, must continue despite the government in Kabul suspending such "non-voluntary returns" for three months. In a letter dated August 5, the interior ministers of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands urged the EU's executive branch to "intensify talks" with the Afghan government to ensure that the deportations of refugees would continue.