June 21, 2023
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Afghan refugees stage rally in front of UN building in Kyrgyzstan

Afghan refugees called the world community, the UN and other organizations to pay attention to their horrific situation….reports Asian Lite News

Afghan Refugees took out another rally in front of the United Nations (UN) building in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, and demanded to send them to Western European countries, including the USA or Canada, Khaama Press reported.

They called the world community, the UN and other organizations to pay attention to their horrific situation. Most of them claimed they had been mandated refugees in the country for the last two decades with only a refugee card, as per Khaama Press. The Khaama Press News Agency is an online news service for Afghanistan.

“We live in exile and without rights, without the opportunity to obtain citizenship of the country, normal access to education, medicine, the possibility of official employment. We want to have basic human rights. If Kyrgyzstan does not need us, then we see the only way out — resettle us to third countries as soon as possible,” the participants in the rally said.

In June 2022, Afghan refugees staged several demonstrations near the United States (US) Embassy and UN House buildings. They requested to either give them Kyrgyz citizenship or send them to another country, according to Khaama Press.

After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, Kyrgyzstan impose restrictions on issuing visas to Afghanistan citizens. It was done in response to the regime change in the country and to prevent the refugees from mass inflow and unwelcome visitors from Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, Nearly 13,876 Afghan nationals living “illegally” in Iran were repatriated to their home country through Iran’s northeastern border crossing over the past nine days, media reported.

The move aimed to counter the illegal presence of foreign nationals in Iran, IRIB news agency report quoted Majid Shoja, the border police commander of the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, as saying on Tuesday.

Shoja called on foreign nationals to enter Iran through official and legal gateways lest they should face “serious legal actions,” Xinhua news agency reported.

According to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Refugees, more than 60,000 Afghan refugees have reportedly returned home from Iran since January, and over 2.5 million registered Afghan refugees reportedly have been living in Iran. (ANI/IANS)

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