Afghan refugees

VIENNA: The Afghan community in Austria staged a protest in front of the Pakistan Embassy in Vienna against the continued inhuman treatment of Afghan refugeesby the Pakistan government, according to the Afghan Diaspora Network. After…

Last Updated: June 11, 2023, 08:46 ISTLondon, United Kingdom (UK)Demonstrators take part in a march calling for the British parliament to welcome refugees in the UK in central London. (Credits: AFP)In the meeting, officials discussed…

Over 30,000 Afghan refugees have now arrived in Canada since their country fell to the Taliban, the federal government said Wednesday after the latest flight arrived from Pakistan at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. The flight…

Afghans who are facing immediate, high risks from the Taliban should be brought straight into Canada now, an advocate says. Canada can worry about identification checks, such as fingerprinting, afterwards, Tim Laidler of the Veterans…

Concerns is growing about the fate of thousands of Afghans that Canada promised to resettle when the Taliban took control of the country last year. The federal government is reportedly winding down the special immigration program to…

For many refugees fleeing Afghanistan, getting out of country last year was a matter of life and death. “When I moved from Kabul to the airport, the airport was too dangerous because it was surrounded by the Taliban and the Canadian…

A member of Afghanistan‘s Parliament forced to flee her homeland after the Taliban takeover last year is pleading with Canada to do more to help bring Afghan refugees to safety. Canada promised to resettle at least 40,000 Afghan…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has defended the pace at which Canada is resettling thousands of Afghans waiting to be granted entry into the country, saying the situation is “challenging” but there’s “much more to do.” Trudeau’s…

Journalist Ziar Khan Yaad and his cameraman had just set up their equipment outside a mosque in Kabul when an armoured Land Cruiser screeched to a halt beside them.It was August 2021, about two weeks since the collapse of the Afghan…

Dozens of Afghan interpreters that worked with Canada’s military initiated a hunger strike on Parliament Hill Thursday to demand that the federal government do more to help their endangered families left behind in Afghanistan. “We’re…