EU Afghanistan return plan by Hans Friday August 08, 2003 at 04:12 PM |
Background info: in december 2002 nam de EU het Afghanistan return plan aan. Vanaf de lente 2003 zou men Afghanen beginnen terugsturen. Dit return plan is een eerste oefening voor wat de standaard EU-politiek wordt.
De cruciale passage is:
11. The return of Afghans shall first and foremost take place at their freely expressed wish based on their knowledge of the situation in intended places of return and any options for continued stay in the European Union. Afghans, who do not have protection needs or compelling humanitarian needs justifying prolongation of their stay in Member States, but who nevertheless, after the passage of reasonable time, continue to refuse to avail themselves of a voluntary return programme, may be subjected to forced return by those Member States wishing to do so.
Het document is te vinden op:
http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/02/st15/15215en2.pdf
engels
http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/fr/02/st15/15215f2.pdf
frans
http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/nl/02/st15/15215nl2.pdf
nederlands
Ter contrast, de persverklaring van de EU uit april over de veiligheid in Afghanistan na de moord op een hulpverlener:
http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/nl/03/st08/st08166nl03.pdf