By Akmal Dawi VOA News March 13, 2024 The United States’ program to resettle former Afghan interpreters and contractors could come to an abrupt end in a few months as the number of available Special Immigrant Visas dwindles. Activists are urging Congress to authorize additional visas, known as SIVs, with less than 8,000 remaining amid a
Khaama: International media reports indicate that the process of issuing special immigrant visas to Afghan citizens for the United States is coming to a close by the end of this year. Reuters reported on Wednesday, March 6th, citing the US State Department that out of the 38,500 special visas allocated for Afghan citizens, only 8,000
Khaama: The ambassador and special representative of Iran for Afghanistan stated that it is planned for the border blockade of that country with Afghanistan to be in the form of a concrete wall. Kazemi Qomi, Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan, in an interview with the Iranian news agency ISNA regarding the issue of physical blockade
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi February 23, 2024 The families of 39 Afghan citizens detained in Turkey after they reportedly tried to reach Europe on a migrant route have called for the release and the safe return of their relatives. The Afghan migrants were hiding inside a truck carrying boxes of tissue when they were arrested in the Çilimli
Akmal Dawi VOA News February 13, 2024 The number of Afghans granted Special Immigrant Visas, or SIVs, for resettlement in the United States increased by more than 100% last year, according to new U.S. government data. In 2023, about 26,500 SIVs were granted to Afghans — more than double the previous year’s total of 11,000
Ariana: Pakistan caretaker Prime Minister Anwaa-ul-Haq Kakar has once again defended the move to deport illegal migrants, saying it was the correct decision and the next government should continue the process. According to reports, Kakar said on Friday that Afghans who enter Pakistan must have a visa. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: The Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in France (OFPRA) has announced that Afghans, with 17,500 requests, were the largest group of asylum seekers in the country in 2023. This agency stated that in total, 142,500 people requested asylum in France last year. OFPRA released the first asylum data for the
Ariana: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday that no promise was made to grant visas and residence permits to Afghan migrants. Fidan’s comments came in response to a parliamentary question by Deniz Demir, Ankara deputy of Türkiye’s main opposition, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Anadolu Agency reported. The question concerned allegations that “legalization
Foreign Affairs: How Islamabad’s Expulsions of Afghans Could Backfire—and Help the Taliban… Although Pakistan has reason to be angry with its Afghan Taliban allies, the country’s terror problem is the direct result of its military’s decision to differentiate between the “good” Afghan Taliban and the “bad” Pakistani Taliban, overlooking their inextricable connections. The policy aimed