Refugees

IRISH MEPS HAVE criticised Poland for pushing back migrants at its border with Belarus. Their concerns have been voiced as the Polish government erects a barbed border wall with the neighbouring country. It intends to set up patrols and has also suggested it will not host Afghan refugees. One Irish…

It didn’t take long for prominent voices on the political right to begin stoking fears about Afghan citizens fleeing the Taliban’s takeover of the country and coming to the United States. Former President Donald Trump inaccurately claimed that there’s “NO VETTING” of these evacuees, asking, “How many terrorists will Joe…

Published September 8, 2021 11:07pm Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin on  Wednesday said the Philippines took in Afghan refugees weeks after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. "We stay steady where others waver: tonight we welcome Afghan nationals including women and kids seeking refuge," Locsin said on Twitter. Locsin did not say…

Afghan refugees stand in lines waiting to board the plane. Courtesy: Reema Khan/@iamreemakhan Pakistani actress Reema Khan has shared on Instagram pictures of Afghan refugees standing in a line to board an airplane, adding that the refugees had "horrifying" and "anxious" looks on their faces.  Reema had earlier shared that her…

Posted September 7, 2021 at 3:47pm The Biden administration is preparing to ask Congress to include over $30 billion for hurricane and wildfire relief and resettlement of Afghan refugees in the United States in a short-term stopgap funding bill appropriators are prepping to try to avert a partial government shutdown…

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was praying that many countries take Afghan refugees and, in an apparent reference to the Taliban's past restrictions on schooling for women, said it is essential that young Afghans receive an education. "In these moments of upheaval, in which…

CALGARY - Murwarid Ziayee can’t go more than a few hours without tears streaming down her face as she worries about the safety of her family and friends back home in Afghanistan. “I’m broken and the past three weeks have been the hardest time of my entire life,” she said.…

Qatar has staked much on hosting the 2022 World Cup, but the official accommodation has now assumed a different role from that envisaged by the organising committee – housing Afghan refugees. “In our home, we don’t have facilities” like air conditioning or flat-screen TVs, says 28-year-old Ahmad Wali Sarhadi, who…

GENEVA: Afghanistan could face a major crisis without trade and support flows, and the international community should not turn a blind eye to the situation, a United Nations official stressed on Friday. Babar Baloch, speaking from Pakistan for the United Nations Refugee Agency, told a UN press briefing that the…