Refugees

Updated 1 week ago · Published on 27 Aug 2021 11:00PM · Afghans struggle to reach the foreign forces and show their credentials outside Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan. – EPA pic, August 27, 2021. THE United Nations said today it was bracing for a possible exodus from violence-ravaged…

Uganda has agreed to a request from the United States to temporarily accommodate 2,000 refugees from Afghanistan while Washington processes their applications to live in the US. The move underscores the reputation Uganda has of being progressive on refugee issues. Refugee expert Dr Evan Easton-Calabria provides insights into why. When…

U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron load people being evacuated from Afghanistan onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 24. MSgt. Donald R. Allen/The Associated Press The Canadian government is warning those left…

Gov. Ralph Northam s administration received notification Wednesday that the Department of Defense had authorized the use of Marine Corps Base Quantico to house Afghan refugees, as well as a national guard installation in central Virginia Fort Lee, an Army training site in Virginia, was already housing immigrants who recently…

Before diving head-first into the cold and murky water that is Afghan refugee resettlement, two irrefutable truths should be acknowledged. First, the U.S. exists to serve and protect its citizens. Other considerations, whatever they may be, come in at a distant second. As such, President Biden must prioritize the evacuation…

Home » News » World » Snippets from UK: Covid-19 Cases See Sharp Rise in Scotland; Tourism Hit in Britain 1-MIN READ Pedestrians walk past re-opened shops and businesses in Glasgow on April 26, 2021 following the relaxing of some Covid-19 restrictions in Scotland, after the third national lockdown. (AFP)…

I opposed the initial invasion of Afghanistan on the grounds that terrorism is a heinous crime but not a war, and that we needed to use the techniques of policing and intelligence, while tackling the underlying causes of terrorism, rather than military methods to deal with the problem. Many of…

Images of thousands of Afghans desperately trying to flee their country following a hasty US withdrawal have provoked an international outcry. As of Aug. 22, 2021, some 6,000 US troops were working to evacuate US military, American citizens, and Afghans who are approved for Special Immigrant Visas. SIVs are a…

The Biden administration is working on offering COVID-19 vaccines to Afghan refugees, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday. Psaki also told reporters that refugees from Afghanistan arriving in the United States are being tested for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. “They…

WASHINGTON: Leaders of the G7 advanced economies are expected to pledge unity on whether or not to officially recognize or sanction the Taliban when they meet virtually to discuss Afghanistan on Tuesday, according to two diplomatic sources. US allies are still smarting from Washington's delays in outreach after Kabul fell…