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AZProgressive

(29,322 posts)
Wed Sep 15, 2021, 01:31 PM Sep 2021

No, The World Is Not Welcoming Afghan Refugees as It Should

Despite the outpouring of international sympathy for Afghans who fled their country after the Taliban takeover last month, it’s by no means certain this will translate into receiving the refuge they are entitled to under international law.D

Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland and Russia have categorically said they won’t accept new Afghan arrivals. Slovenia’s foreign minister even reportedly issued an outrageous warning of “terrorist attacks on European soil”.

In the United States, where tens of thousands of Afghans are expected to be resettled, some of the more ambitious and Trumpian members of the Republican Party are using the new refugees as a political weapon to fight culture wars ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

Some Middle Eastern countries, including the UAE and Bahrain have indicated they intend to be only temporary hosts to the Afghans.
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No, The World Is Not Welcoming Afghan Refugees as It Should (Original Post) AZProgressive Sep 2021 OP
Our town is getting 100 families in our town in Wisconsin. Greybnk48 Sep 2021 #1
Slovenia? Help cbabe Sep 2021 #2

Greybnk48

(10,168 posts)
1. Our town is getting 100 families in our town in Wisconsin.
Wed Sep 15, 2021, 01:54 PM
Sep 2021

The biggest problem we're facing right now is housing. We're having a housing crunch right now as it is, but a solution is being worked on.

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