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 โmonitoring very closelyโ talks between Kabul and EU countries about a returns programme for refused claimants. She also indicated that โadditional conversationsโ about Afghan returns were happening inside Whitehall.
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ยฉ Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images

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