Factbox-Will the Afghan crisis trigger a new refugee crisis for Europe?

FILE PHOTO: Migrants make their way on foot on the outskirts of Brezice, Slovenia October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has stoked fears of an exodus of Afghans and a repeat of Europe's 2015/16 migration crisis, when more than a million people from the Middle East fled to the continent and resettled there.

Thousands of Afghans have already left or are desperately trying to get on planes leaving Kabul, fearing a return to the austere interpretation of sharia (Islamic law) imposed during the previous Taliban rule that ended 20 years ago.