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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Menelaos Hadjicostis

Failed Afghan asylum seekers need to go back home, Sweden's migration minister urges

Migration Sweden Afghanistan - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Sweden’s migration minister on Thursday urged the European Union to come up with a common procedure to issue ID and travel documents to Afghan nationals whose asylum applications have either been rejected or who have committed crimes in their host countries.

Minister Johan Forssell said it’s “more or less impossible” to deport Afghan nationals who don’t fulfill asylum criteria now because they don’t have either ID or travel documents.

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