The recent almost three decades of war and internal conflict has left the inhabitants of Afghanistan far behind the modern life and advancements in all fields benefiting the human kind. To pursue a better life and to escape the war and armed conflict more than two third of the population were compelled to leave the country. Many settled in the two neighboring countries Iran and Pakistan while others traveled to other parts of the world. It won’t be an exaggeration to state that today there are Afghans living in almost every part of the world from Europe to America and Austarlia, big and small cities.
These countries especially Iran and Pakistan claims that enough is enough now and that they have supported and hosted Afghans for quite a long time now. Iran had already started deporting/expelling Afghan refugees from its territory while Pakistan is also now following the same route. Afghans without any documents are being deported cruelly while numerous problems are being created for those who do own some kind of documents (refugee cards, visas etc).
It has been reported that a number of Afghan registered refugees and unregistered Afghans in Tajikistan, Iran and Pakistan were arrested, however, some of the lucky registered refugees were later released and the others were deported to Afghanistan.
Many of these arrests take place in a condition while the Afghans being deported are busy with their daily labour works, are in the city to get some food items for their families, are going to school or are travelling from their homes to their work places. The family members (wife, children, parents) are never being informed of the arrest. Among these deportations, there are many unaccompanied children who are under the age of 16 and unaccompanied teenage girls. One can better assume how a minor child could survive in the harsh living environment of Afghanistan on its own once being separated and deported from their parents and family members.
Despite the many international aid agencies working inside Afghanistan there is no agency to help these deported and expelled individuals who in many cases have lost all their earnings as a bribe to the authorities and soldiers. Many deportees are deported in a very serious health condition and in many cases have no access to food, shelter or health facilities.
Since recently Human rights monitoring is also taking place in different cities of Afghanistan to monitor the situation but no immediate action/step has been taken forward to stop or improve this situation.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
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