Afghan refugees

authority to issue Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) to Afghan nationals under section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009, as amended, has been extended (Bureau of Consular Affairs). In relation to this, there are security concerns for granting Special Immigrant Visas to enter the U.S Accordingly, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2016 as signed by President Obama on November 25, 2015 allocates 3,000 additional visas for Afghan principal applicants, for a total of…

Iranian authority exile thousands of Afghans arbitrarily, without granting the opportunity to prove their right to live in Iran. Even as conditions in Afghanistan are crumbling, Iranian officials limit the amount of Afghans that can claim refuge in Iran. This approach presents a crucial risk to the rights and safety of over one million Afghan refugees living in Iran. Also, these actions violate Iran’s agreement under the 1951 Refugee Convention…

The United States and the Soviet-Afghan War In December of 1970 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan with a force of 30,000 troops in order to assist the communist government and setup a client state (“Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan”). This invasion marked the start of the Soviet-Afghan war, a long drawn out war due to the United States funding the Afghan freedom fighters who fought against the invading Soviet Union only to make the war longer and more expensive for them. The war would…

Summary 1: Homeward bound; it’s no good just shifting Afghans from one refugee camp to another The Afghans won the Soviet War, which lasted from 1979-1989, but over 9 million people have lost their homes and resettlement in the country is tough. Millions of Afghan refugees have either fled to Pakistan or Iran, and 3 million refugees have moved to the cities or the mountains in Afghanistan, hoping to find safety there. Most people wanted to go back to their homes after the war, but not everyone…

Born and raised in Iran to Afghan parents, who had immigrated to Iran at the height of Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, I was awarded a first-person view of injustice and corruption. As Afghan refugees, we were not afforded a fraction of the rights and privileges given to Iranian citizens. Even education, a fundamental human right, was inaccessible to us. It was such maltreatments that incited my mother's visit to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 2002. After speaking…

authority exile thousands of Afghans arbitrarily, without granting the opportunity to prove their right to live in Iran (“Afghan”). Even as conditions in Afghanistan are crumbling, Iranian officials limit the amount of Afghans that can claim refuge in Iran (“Afghan”). This approach presents a crucial risk to the rights and safety of over one million Afghan refugees living in Iran (“Afghan”). Also, these actions violate Iran’s agreement under the 1951 Refugee Convention (“Afghan”). For the last…

Runner, acknowledges the physical, psychological, emotional, and cultural tolls on forced border crossing in order to fit in and survive. TS: Refugees are forced to live and act like the “American Dream” when taking refuge in America and end up expecting that from themselves. FB: The natives of any country have a certain expectation of what they expect refugees to act and fit into their culture a certain way. ES1: Stephen Chan (2010) recognizes that authors have been writing more books…

and people did not escape the nation as refugees. The history of Afghanistan calls for equality and freedom and Afghans continue to believe in a life like this. “More than 90% of both women and men respondents (in Afghanistan) agreed that women should have equal access to education” and a fair chance in the work force (Source L). Afghans do not believe that teachings of Islam limit women or their opportunities, instead “strong authority within…

reading "the kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, the story connects well with the situation that refugees go through during immigration to the United States. Even though it's a fiction novel it connects with the main events from it being to health problems to settlement similarities. Overall the book clearly shows with the struggles of afghan immigration to the United States. During immigration afghans had certain ways they wanted things to be when relocating and only few could relocate.…

In December 1979, the United States decision to aid the Afghan rebels was made by President Jimmy Carter. After three years of conflict, and a change in administration from Carter to Reagan, ambassador Ronald Spiers, who was assigned to Pakistan, realized that The Afghan rebels had little or no chance against soviet Helicopters. Along with pressure from Zia the then current leader of Pakistan, Spiers suggested that new Surface to Air missiles be supplied to the Mujahedeen when supply was…