(Politico) The EU emphasized security and keeping Afghan migrants outside the bloc in a draft statement obtained Thursday by POLITICO.
The two-page document — dated August 25 and slated for discussion at an EU interior ministers meeting Tuesday — used the word “security” five times while pledging resources and support to Afghanistan’s neighbors willing to host refugees. Absent was any mention of how many refugees the EU might accept.
“We should do our utmost to ensure that migrants receive protection in the region itself,” read the statement, which was prepared by the Slovenian presidency of the EU.
EU ambassadors and diplomats did discuss refugee resettlement during a meeting Thursday, but they are waiting to learn more about the global refugee effort before issuing their own figures, one diplomat said.
