By Ron Synovitz Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 15, 2019 When Sakhidad started working as a translator for the U.S. military in Afghanistan at the age of 19, he hoped his “faithful and valuable” service would earn him a special U.S. immigrant visa and eventual U.S. citizenship. In 2011, after two years on the job,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 9, 2019 Germany has deported another group of failed Afghan asylum seekers to their home country, according to the dpa news agency. Forty-four Afghans arrived in Kabul on October 9 — the 28th such group that has been deported in less than three years. Since December 2016, 720 Afghans have
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 5, 2019 Officials in Serbia has accused border police in EU neighbor Croatia of torturing an Afghan teen and ignoring his and 15 other fellow migrants’ right to claim asylum within the Brussels-based bloc. The allegation was quickly dismissed by Zagreb as an effort by Belgrade to deflect criticism of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 1, 2019 Police in France detained an Afghan asylum-seeker after one person was killed and nine others injured in a knife attack near a commuter train station outside Lyon. Authorities on August 31 described the attacker as a 33-year-old Afghan citizen who had applied for asylum in France and was
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 20, 2019 An Afghan human trafficker and three Bulgarian accomplices have received life sentences over the deaths of 71 migrants who suffocated inside a sealed refrigeration truck abandoned near an Austrian village in 2015. The ruling on June 20 by the Hungarian appeals court came after the Afghan ring leader,
“This deportation is emblematic of the cruel and dehumanising policies of many European governments” Massimo Moratti, Amnesty International Amnesty International: Eshan Abbasi (16) and his sister Taibeh (20) and brother Yasin (22), were deported from Norway to Istanbul on Saturday together with their mother. Due to her health condition, their mother is expected to be returned
1TV: A total of 185,000 Afghan refugees returned from Iran in the first five months of 2019, officials said Monday. Of the number, 100,000 were forced to leave the country while another 85,000 voluntarily returned, Afghanistan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said. Demand for Afghan labor in Iran has drastically fallen as its economy has slowed
Al Jazeera: For a group of alienated young Afghan refugees in Iran, football proves a powerful force that gives them a much-needed boost in pride, identity and self-worth. They call their team ‘Wahdat’ meaning ‘unity’ and assemble a talented and determined squad. They overcome all the odds to form a team, obtain sponsorship and enter one of the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 14, 2019 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Iran’s powerful Guardians Council to adopt a proposed amendment that would allow Iranian women to pass on their nationality to their children. The New York-based human rights group made the call on May 14, the day after Iranian lawmakers approved what it
1TV: Squeezed by US sanctions, Iran on Wednesday warned that it may tell Afghan refugees to leave the country. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that more than 3 million Afghans are living in Iran with 2 million having been employed, IRNA reported. He said that the refugees remove 3 to 5 billion euros annually