: India hosts a small number of Afghan refugees. These are the countries where most of them go #IndiaNEWS Images of thousands of Afghans desperately trying to flee their country following a hasty United

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India hosts a small number of Afghan refugees. These are the countries where most of them go #IndiaNEWS
Images of thousands of Afghans desperately trying to flee their country following a hasty United States withdrawal have provoked an international outcry.As of August 22, some 6,000 US troops were working to evacuate the US military, American citizens and Afghans who are approved for Special Immigrant Visas. Special Immigrant Visas are a special program to protect Afghans who risked their lives working for US troops in Afghanistan.Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom are conducting smaller evacuation efforts for their nationals and some Afghans.The pace of these poorly planned evacuations has been slow. They are taking place amid chaos in Kabul, where crowds are being confronted by violence from members of the now-ruling Taliban and US forces and facing checkpoints that are near-impossible to pass.Shaharzad Akbar, who leads the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, called the situation “failure upon failure�.As a scholar specialising in forcible displacement and refugees, I see this harrowing scene unfolding within a broader context of Afghanistan’s long-standing displacement crisis. This includes an unequal sharing of refugees between the developed world and economically disadvantaged countries.Muted US roleThe US Refugee Act of 1980 standardised the procedures for admitting refugees – people who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution – and put in place a rigorous vetting process. But over the past 40 years, US acceptance rates for refugees worldwide have fallen...Read more

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