The Telegraph (UK): More than 80,000 Afghans will need to be deported from Europe “in the near future” under a secret EU plan, amid warnings of a new influx as parts of the country fall back under Taliban control. The European Commission should threaten to reduce aid that provides 40 per cent of Afghanistan’s GDP unless the
Khaama Press: The American actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie has spoken against the exclusion of Afghans seeking refuge abroad, particularly in European countries amid persistent issues the Afghan asylum seekers are facing. Angelina who is also a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees expressed concerns regarding the exclusion of the Afghan refugees during
Tolo News: Many of the Afghan asylum seekers stuck in Greece’s Idomeni are pleading for the borders to be opened and are worried that they will be sent back to their home country. The vast majority of asylum seekers that have funneled into bottlenecks in Idomeni are languishing at the border with little prospect of crossing. Click
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 9, 2016 Frud Bezhan Arian made the treacherous journey to Europe from Afghanistan, lured by promises of readily available jobs, immediate citizenship, and generous welcome payments. But nearly a year after arriving in Germany, the 25-year-old realized that human smugglers had fed him lies about the life of luxury he
February 9, 2016 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior EU diplomat asked Iran on Tuesday to attend the next Brussels Conferences on Afghanistan given Tehran’s influential role in the region. The European Union’s Deputy Secretary General for the External Action Service Helga Maria Schmid called on Iran to consider participating in the next Brussels Conferences on
IANS: The European Union here on Wednesday announced a new aid package worth $13.4 million to help Afghans improve their local governance, said an official statement. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press November 30, 2015 President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani leading a high-level government delegation arrived in Paris last night to take part in the Climate Change Summit. President Ghani is accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabani, Minister of Finance Eklil Ahmad Hakimi and Nasrin Oryakhil who is Minister of Labor, Social Affairs,
KABUL, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) — Countless numbers of Afghans leave their militancy-plagued and economically impoverished country for developed countries in Europe annually to settle there and embrace a more prosperous life, but fortune sides with few. “This was my dream to reach Europe and establish a peaceful and successful life there. To change my dream
KABUL, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) — Afghan Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi has appealed to European countries not to expel Afghan asylum seekers and instead deal with them in accordance with the situation in Afghanistan and the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that Kabul has signed with them. “We have bilateral MoUs
VOA News Jamie Dettmer November 19, 2015 PARIS—In the rays of an unseasonable, autumnal Serbian sun, a dozen or so scruffy Afghani boys kick a discolored orange football around in a Belgrade park once notorious as a streetwalkers’ hangout but now renamed Afghan Park. The teenagers have little cash in the pockets of the jackets