Follow RT on By Kevin Karp, commentator, screenwriter, and former political adviser in the House of Commons and the European Parliament. As an EU adviser based in Brussels and Strasbourg, he specialized in international trade, European populism, and Brexit. Find his website at moon-vine-media.com. Once again, the European Union’s desire to address the symptoms but not the cause of their problems is only going to make matters worse, both for EU member states and Afghans. On April 26, the EU and Afghanistan finalized their Joint Declaration on Migration Cooperation, designed to combat “irregular migration” to the EU from Afghanistan, mainly by expediting the process of deportation.