EU targets Somalia with visa curbs as president pushes back on returns
Key takeaways
- President says his country will readmit genuine nationals but insists Europe must first verify deportees’ identities.
- The bloc’s member states approved the measures on Thursday, acting on a report that Somalia was not doing enough to take back nationals who had been refused the right to stay.
- Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud pushed back, saying his government would readmit its citizens, but said that many returnees were not Somali nationals.
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
President says his country will readmit genuine nationals but insists Europe must first verify deportees’ identities.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud pushed back on EU visa curbs, demanding migrants be verified as Somali [AFP]By Faisal Ali Published On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026Mogadishu, Somalia – The European Union has imposed visa restrictions on Somali citizens, escalating a dispute with Mogadishu over the return of Somalis living in Europe illegally.
The bloc’s member states approved the measures on Thursday, acting on a report that Somalia was not doing enough to take back nationals who had been refused the right to stay.