EU states accused of “staggering neglect” for resettling only 271 people from Afghanistan in 2022

European Union (EU) states only resettled 271 people from Afghanistan in 2022, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has revealed.

With more than 1.6 million people leaving Afghanistan since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, the IRC says EU states granted asylum to just 0.1 per cent of the 270,000 they had promised.