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  • Shabana Mahmood does not rule out sending back refused Afghan asylum seekers Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
    Home secretary indicates Whitehall talks about returns programme, a move that would shock humanitarian groupsShabana Mahmood has refused to rule out sending rejected Afghan asylum seekers back to the Taliban-controlled country.The home secretary said she is โ€œmonitoring very closelyโ€ talks between Kabul and EU countries about a returns programme for refused claimants. She also indicated that โ€œadditional conversationsโ€ about Afghan returns were happening inside Whitehall. Continue reading...
     

Shabana Mahmood does not rule out sending back refused Afghan asylum seekers

24 April 2026 at 21:00

Home secretary indicates Whitehall talks about returns programme, a move that would shock humanitarian groups

Shabana Mahmood has refused to rule out sending rejected Afghan asylum seekers back to the Taliban-controlled country.

The home secretary said she is โ€œmonitoring very closelyโ€ talks between Kabul and EU countries about a returns programme for refused claimants. She also indicated that โ€œadditional conversationsโ€ about Afghan returns were happening inside Whitehall.

Continue reading...

ยฉ Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images

ยฉ Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images

ยฉ Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images

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