Al Jazeera: Mohammad Shoaib Hosseini thought he was the luckiest man in Germany. Seven years after fleeing his home in war-torn Afghanistan, he had a full-time job at a timber factory, rented a modest apartment and had friends who were like family. But on March 27, his life imploded. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 23, 2017 Conflicts, violence, and natural disasters forced more than 31 million people into internal displacement in 2016, a new report says. The report, released on May 22 by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), differentiates between internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees. It
VOA News May 21, 2017 Nearly 130,000 undocumented Afghan refugees have been forced by the Iranian government to go home this year, heading to an uncertain future with the resurgent Taliban now holding more than 40 percent rural territory in Afghanistan. Hundreds more are ousted each day from Iran, in line with Iran’s target of
Green Daily: I strongly condemn the Western governments’ anti-asylum seeker policies. Human rights values, international conventions and, most importantly, the major role they played in this crisis, oblige them to help those in need. They must follow international laws governing refugees. The so-called war on terror is the biggest lie of the century. In Afghanistan, we
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Ron Synovitz May 4, 2017 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has approved the funding of 2,500 additional immigrant visas for Afghan interpreters and support staff who have helped U.S. troops and government officials in Afghanistan. The financing was included as part of a $1.1 trillion bipartisan spending bill that provides funds
Press TV April 24, 2017 Germany has in the span of two months rejected the asylum requests of more than half of the Afghan refugees who had traveled 7,000 kilometers in search of a better life in the European country. Citing Interior Ministry figures, the German Passauer Neue Presse newspaper reported on Sunday that less
1TV: Thousands of former Taliban fighters may have entered in Germany over the past two years amid high influx of migrants into the European country, a German magazine reported Saturday. More than 70 Afghans were being investigated by Germany’s chief federal prosecutor, though it was yet to be clear whether all of them were suspected of being
AFP: A fresh surge of undocumented refugees have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan this month, a humanitarian group said Thursday, saying they felt “forced to leave” as Islamabad continues a crackdown. The Norwegian Refugee Council said it had registered an average of 1,000 people crossing the border daily in the first two weeks of April, which
The Independent (UK): Denmark is reportedly planning on deporting a 70-year-old woman with dementia to Afghanistan, despite pleas she will not survive “two days” in the war torn country. Zarmena Waziri, who lives in the eastern city of Aarhus with her daughter, has suffered strokes, chronic high blood pressure and reduced mobility, in addition to advanced
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 13, 2017 A Pakistani man has pleaded guilty to helping smuggle at least 81 people from Pakistan and Afghanistan into the United States by way of dangerous journeys through Brazil and Latin America. Sharafat Ali Khan, 32, pleaded guilty on April 12 to charges of conspiracy to smuggle undocumented migrants