More than 2,000 Afghan evacuees in detention in UAE – Human Rights Watch
Washington DC, US Reuters Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused Emirati authorities of arbitrarily detaining for more than 15 months as many as 2,700 Afghan evacuees who have no legal pathways to refugee status or resettlement elsewhere. Many of those housed in Emirates Humanitarian City are suffering from depression and other psychological ailments, have no […]
Afghan evacuees enjoy Albania but have eyes set on Canada
Golem, AlbaniaAP One Afghan teacher calls Albania a “paradise” while a former Afghan government official cannot get enough of “the freedom” that exists in the tiny Western Balkan country where they were evacuated to after the Taliban took over their homeland. Others are more pensive. An Afghan woman who mentored orphan girls deplores the end […]
“The mission is not complete”: Safe in the US, Afghan evacuees turn their attention to the families they left behind
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on how US faith-based refugee resettlement agencies are helping Afghan evacuees settle into their new homes stateside as well as advocating for those left behind…