Guardian, 17 January 2025
Records show that Afghan citizens who fled the country with American assistance after the US’s chaotic withdrawal and with pending applications to enter US ‘forced to remain in limbo’ in at least 36 countries, some in ‘untenable conditions’. “US officials won’t say exactly how many Afghans remain at such sites. (…) advocates say they know of five facilities in four countries – the UAE, Qatar, Kosovo and Germany. As of April 2023, records show that 2,834 Afghans with pending US applications were in Qatar, 1,256 in the United Arab Emirates, 259 in Kosovo, and dozens more in other countries. (…) The group found that Afghans at that camp were subjected to around-the-clock surveillance and constraints on movement and denied access to legal counsel, visitors and journalists, while poor medical care resulted in sometimes life-threatening complications.”
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This article was last updated on 20 Jan 2025
