Question 41024 — foreign policy

Summary

Ms. Muriel Ressiguier alerts the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs about the situation of Afghans requesting protection from France. After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, it is a rout for what remained of the international coalition led by the United States: the Taliban are once again the masters of the country. France had ensured a military presence until 2014. In February 2020, the United States signed an agreement with the Taliban on the withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan in May 2021. On August 30, 2021, the last American soldiers actually left the country. When foreign forces began their final withdrawal, the Taliban obviously saw the opportunity to regain the upper hand. They then launched an offensive against the official Afghan security forces and have never been more powerful. Once again the logic war led to chaos. The UN Security Council adopted a resolution which endorses the Taliban's “commitments” in favor of the safe departure of Afghan nationals who want to leave the country without setting up a security zone as requested by France and the United Kingdom. If the creation of a security zone was not a panacea and would have been difficult to control, the UN resolution is still in progress. below and it is the Afghans who will suffer the consequences. Indeed, many Afghan nationals still find themselves in danger and trapped in their own country. Like the family of this young man who contacted him by email and who fled Afghanistan in 2012 after the death of his father, with his mother and his little brother and currently lives in Paris. Although he himself is safe in France, he is worried about the fate reserved for the members of his family who remained there. Indeed, his uncle was assassinated by the Taliban 3 weeks ago, while he tried to escape with his children, after his house burned down. His wife died about 2 years ago. The couple's 4 children therefore find themselves alone and left to their own devices, the youngest aged 14 and 11 being taken care of by their older sisters aged 30 and 28. Neither being married, these 2 sisters, professors at the university, are now considered “minors” and their brother, aged only 14, must now bear the sole weight of the position of “head of the family”. France ended the evacuations on the night of August 26 to 27, 2021 and recalled its ambassador who will now work from Paris. Thousands of Afghans who were registered and requested protection from France are still blocked over there. What actions will France take to protect Afghan nationals still stuck in Afghanistan who have requested protection? Will resources be allocated to the OFII to enable the rapid processing of asylum applications submitted by evacuated Afghan nationals, so that they can rebuild themselves and envisage a more serene future? Finally, she asks him what means, particularly financial and Logistics will be made available to the municipalities which will receive them and within what time frame.

Machine translation from French. The official text remains authoritative.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

No documents linked.

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.