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Afghan emigration will not be comparable to the Syrian migration wave of 2015, according to Macron

2021-08-29T19:45:56.645Z


Regarding the terrorist risk, the French president called for "vigilance", while insisting on the importance of not "confusing" terrorism and immigration.


The arrivals of Afghan migrants expected in Europe after the takeover of the Taliban will not be as numerous as the massive arrivals of 2015 linked to the war in Syria, Emmanuel Macron estimated this Sunday.

Read also Should we fear a wave of migration after the fall of Afghanistan?

"

I do not think that the situation we are going to experience is comparable to 2015 because Afghanistan is not Syria, and because there have already been very strong movements

" of Afghan migrants over the years, declared the Head of State on the TF1 and LCI channels. "

What is certain is that there will be more people who will try to come to Europe and therefore this will create pressure on our capacities to welcome

", he said, referring to the illegal migratory flows, and after repeating that France would also welcome the Afghans threatened by the Taliban.

In 2015 Europe had suffered a very significant wave of illegal migration caused in particular by the war in Syria, which caused intense unrest in Europe and accentuated the crisis between member countries on the distribution of migratory pressure.

Regarding the Afghans that France wants to protect from the Taliban because of their commitment alongside France in the past or their commitment to human rights, there remain "

several thousand women and men who need to be protected.

», Declared Emmanuel Macron.

"Vigilance" on terrorism

"

We did the maximum of what we could do (...) we are going to build with our partners, also through negotiations with the Taliban which is now needed, solutions for over time, as much as possible, allow them to leave Kabul and Afghanistan, and to be protected,

”he said, as France closed its airlift on Friday and the United States is about to close theirs.

The issue of illegal migration is a sensitive subject in Europe, and particularly in France eight months before the presidential election.

Immigration is already asserting itself as one of the themes of the upcoming election campaign.

Emmanuel Macron was notably criticized by the left for having mentioned the illegal migratory flows from Afghanistan just after the fall of Kabul, while the right accused him of naivety.

Read alsoIs Afghanistan at risk of once again becoming a "sanctuary for terrorism"?

Asked about a possible increased terrorist risk after the takeover of power by the Taliban, who in the past sheltered terrorists, Emmanuel Macron stressed that "

we must all remain vigilant

". He also insisted on the importance of not “

confusing

” the terrorist risk and migration. "

In recent years, the attacks in France have rather been the work of isolated individuals, who may have been influenced by external content

" but "

no plots that were built from the outside

". "

We have strengthened our resources, we are working with our partners and also with friendly countries which are struck by terrorism,

" such as Iraq, he said.

Source: lefigaro

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