As U.S. military operations in Afghanistan drag on inconclusively, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Taliban insurgency is gaining ground. In the first six months of 2010, for example, there was a 31 percent rise in civilian casualties while
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The Asymmetrical EU-Afghanistan Cooperation on Migration
The EU’s persistent push for refugees to return to Afghanistan and efforts to fund reintegration programs fail to account for the country’s ongoing instability.
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May 12, 2021
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Today, with 2.5 million registered refugees, Afghans make up the largest refugee group in Asia and the second largest in the world. Around 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees are currently living in Pakistan and 3 million (both registered and unregistered) in Iran. Afghanistan’s neighbors are thus the immediate hosts for the greatest number of Afghan refugees.
On April 26, the European Union signed a Joint Declaration on Migration Cooperation (JDMC) with Afghanistan, replacing the previous Joint Way Forward (JWF) agreement, which facilitates the deportation of Afghans whose asylum applications have been rejected in the EU member states. The new agreement amends the JWF and proposes new changes, su
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