The EU is inviting the Taliban to Brussels. Europe’s credibility lies in tatters (opens in new tab)

As ICE-style deportation rules come into force, the unsavoury circle the EU wants migrant deals with includes the Afghan regime. This is a nadirI sometimes think of the former EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson, who just six years ago spoke of crafting a European migration policy with “”. What’s happened since is the exact opposite.Governments across Europe – with the exception of Spain – are cracking down harder than ever before on migrants through measures they once dismissed as po...