EU to hold migration meeting with Taliban officials in Brussels
Key takeaways
- The meeting is expected to focus on the deportation of Afghan nationals who do not have a right to stay in Europe.
- The meeting, expected to take place on Tuesday, will be the first time the EU has hosted the group since it returned to power in Afghanistan almost five years ago.
- A spokesperson from the Belgian Foreign Ministry told reporters that the five visas were granted on Monday after a security assessment and that they are valid for Belgium for one day only.
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The meeting is expected to focus on the deportation of Afghan nationals who do not have a right to stay in Europe.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Afghanistan's Taliban foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, adresses the media at a news conference in New Delhi, India [File: Elke Scholiers/Getty Images]By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Reuters Published On 23 Jun 202623 Jun 2026Belgium has issued five visas to a Taliban delegation to attend a European Union meeting on migration in Brussels and discuss the deportation of Afghan asylum seekers from European nations.
The meeting, expected to take place on Tuesday, will be the first time the EU has hosted the group since it returned to power in Afghanistan almost five years ago.