With Afghanistan chaos, the EU fears new migration crisis. But is that likely?

When Yonous Muhammadi fled his native Afghanistan for Greece in 2001, he was able to successfully obtain political asylum. But he doubts that his relatives still back home would prove as fortunate if they managed to escape today.

After the Taliban seized Kabul on Aug. 15, the Greek government was quick to declare it would stop Afghan refugees from crossing into Europe, for fear of a repeat of the European migration crisis of 2015-16. Although the government promised to rescue eight Afghans who worked with its NATO deployment in Afghanistan – “We will not stop until we bring them back to our country,” a spokesperson said – Greece also rapidly completed a 25-mile wall on its frontier with Turkey.

“We cannot wait, passively, for the possible impact,” Michalis Chrisochoidis, the Greek minister for citizens’ protection, said. “Our borders will

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