Reports indicate that some people from Afghanistan seeking asylum, after being deported from Poland, were transferred to Afghanistan without adequate protection guarantees during the deportation process.
Polish media reported on Tuesday, July 14, that the deportation process for people from Afghanistan seeking asylum is handled on a case-by-case basis, and that the Polish Border Guard relies on limited contacts with the Taliban to coordinate the process.
According to the report, the Polish Border Guard maintains contact with Taliban representatives in Afghanistan only at a technical level to facilitate the return of citizens of Afghanistan who have received orders to leave the country.
The report referred to a deportation operation on April 10, in which three citizens of Afghanistan were expelled from Poland despite interim protective measures issued by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
The Polish Border Guard had also announced that it detained 71 migrants, including several citizens of Afghanistan, during a three-day operation along the country’s borders with Lithuania and Belarus.
This comes as people of Afghanistan seeking asylum have faced numerous challenges in European countries in recent years, including the risk of forced deportation.
Hannah Neumann, a member of the European Parliament (MEP), had previously said that deporting people seeking asylum to Afghanistan is not only a humanitarian failure but also a strategic mistake.
