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
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 19, 2015 Serbia and Macedonia have begun restricting the entry of refugees to those from certain countries, leaving hundreds of people stranded on borders. A spokeswoman for the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR), Melita Sunjic, said on November 19 that Serbian authorities “allow into the country only refugees from Afghanistan, Syria,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 18, 2015 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Pakistan’s government to take steps to end “rampant police harassment, threats, and violence” against Afghans. Some 1.5 million registered Afghan refugees and 1 million undocumented Afghans are estimated to be living in Pakistan. In a report published on November 18, the
Tolo News: A number of young would-be Afghan migrants on Wednesday said human traffickers are going about their business freely in Kabul and no action is being taken against them. These would-be migrants say that the people smugglers sell their services “dishonestly” and make promises in exchange for money that they do not keep. This,
KABUL (Reuters) – Last year, Hamid Rostami, a 28-year-old from Wardak province in Afghanistan, was expelled from Denmark after years trying to stay in Europe. Jobless and cut off from his family, he now sits in wintry Kabul wondering how to go back. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana News: The former President, Hamid Karzai demanded Afghan youths to stay in Afghanistan. Karzai declared that instead of abandoning the country, our youths must help the country to develop with technical and professional knowledge. “Every work has dignity, we should not be ashamed of working in a restaurant or anywhere,” Karzai added. Click here
CounterPunch: True to form, the reaction to the Paris terrorist attacks has fallen hardest on Muslims and refugees rather than the handful of psychopathic nihilists who perpetrated them. Without even waiting for anyone to claim responsibility, François Hollande closed the borders, laying blame at the feet of refugees in pitiful capitulation to the far right.
Tolo News: The German government is reportedly planning to deport hundreds of Afghan asylum seekers who recently sought refuge in their country. Confirming the repatriation of Afghan economic migrants to their home country, German ambassador to Kabul Markus Potzel on Monday confirmed his government’s plan to deport those who fled Afghanistan because of economic issues.
Tolo News: The Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani and Minister of Refugees and Repatriation on Monday addressed parliament over the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe with the focus being on Afghan refugees fleeing the country. According to Rabbani, so far this year 146,000 Afghans have sought refuge in Europe. He said that of these,