Europe doesn’t want Afghan refugees
Posted on | August 18, 2021 | No Comments
As Afghanistan collapse triggers desperate scenes, Europe vows to avoid another refugee influx
BERLIN — Six years ago, Germany’s message to asylum seekers fleeing Syria’s war was one of welcome.
“We can do this” were Chancellor Angela Merkel’s famous words.
But as security in Afghanistan spectacularly collapses, the message from Germany’s governing party has shifted, with a clear message: not this time.
“2015 must not repeat itself,” Armin Laschet, the leader of Merkel’s Christian Democrats who is vying to replace her as chancellor, told reporters Monday. Speaking to Bild television, Markus Söder, the premier of the German state of Bavaria, struck a similar tone.
As cities in Afghanistan have fallen to the Taliban with lightning speed amid the U.S. military’s pullout, Europe has been wrangling over what to do about any potential influx of refugees. Some countries fear a repeat of 2015, when the arrival of more than a million refugees and migrants caused political chaos.
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