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More than 2,000 Afghan evacuees in detention in UAE – Human Rights Watch

Evacuees from Afghanistan arrive at Emirates Humanitarian City in Abu Dhabi, UAE, August 28, 2021.

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

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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 […]