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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2872(RSP))

On the situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes

B-10-2025-0416

on behalf of the ESN Group · Rapporteur: Tomasz Froelich, Hans Neuhoff, Petr Bystron, Marc Jongen

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This resolution addresses the situation in Afghanistan after the earthquakes, calling for aid to be conditional on cooperation in returning illegal migrants, and for technical cooperation on returns and women's rights. It expresses concern about the CJEU ruling on Afghan women's asylum, criticizes migration's impact on European women, and calls for Afghanistan to reintegrate returnees.

Key points

  1. Expresses condolences and sympathy to earthquake victims and their families.
  2. Calls for EU funds to Afghanistan to be conditional on cooperation in returning Afghan nationals residing illegally in the EU.
  3. Demands suspension of all aid if Afghanistan does not cooperate in returns of illegal residents.
  4. Deplores Taliban restrictions on women and girls, including education and employment bans.
  5. Calls for EU strategy change towards technical cooperation and diplomacy for women's rights.
  6. Expresses concern about mass Afghan migration and its impact on European women's safety.
  7. Emphasizes that direct technical cooperation is prerequisite for effective returns of Afghans.
  8. Encourages member states to make technical arrangements with Afghanistan to facilitate returns.
  9. Calls on Afghanistan to reintegrate returned Afghans.
  10. Criticizes the CJEU judgment on Afghan women's asylum as distorting asylum mechanisms and creating pull effect.

Who is affected

  • Afghanistan: receives aid conditional on cooperation in returns; must reintegrate returnees.
  • EU member states: encouraged to make technical arrangements for returns.
  • Afghan women and girls: affected by Taliban restrictions and EU calls for rights.
  • Afghan migrants in EU: subject to return efforts.

Figures and deadlines

  • Earthquake magnitude 6.0, killing around 3 000, injuring around 4 000, destroying 8 000 homes.
  • EU provided over EUR 860 million in humanitarian funding since 2021; 2025 total EUR 161 million.
  • EU donating EUR 1 million and 130 tonnes of in-kind assistance.
  • Afghan population projected to reach 76.9 million by mid-2050.