Afghan refugees

UNHCR says endangered Afghans who have fled the country need more international support, and that the United Nations and governments need to increase their assistance to these refugees.
 Human Rights Watch made the remarks in a briefing on Afghanistan entitled "Political Responses to Support Afghans Fleeing Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan."
 This article calls on the United Nations and the host countries of Afghan refugees to focus on increasing the resettlement of refugees and creating better routes and safe and sustainable solutions for Afghans in need of support.
 On the other hand, the organization emphasizes that governments must ensure that all child girls and boys have access to quality, inclusive education without discrimination, three months after the arrival of asylum seekers.
 "Afghan citizens have many reasons to flee and fear is now in the hands of governments around the world to give them hope," said Bill Ferlick, director of Refugee and Immigrant Rights at Human Rights Watch.
 "An effective and humanitarian response to this crisis requires asylum and immigration policies, which must be carried out generously and with respect for rights and culture," he added.
 Human Rights Watch said many refugees told the agency that the Taliban had harassed, beaten and extorted money as they tried to leave the country.
 The article emphasizes that governments should use any influence they have over Taliban officials to allow Afghan citizens to exercise their basic human rights to leave the country.
 Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, notes that Afghans seeking to leave the country now have fewer options to leave the country;  Because Pakistan has canceled its national airline flights between Kabul and Islamabad.
 In addition, Human Rights Watch says neighboring countries should open their borders to Afghan refugees and all governments should stop deporting them indefinitely.
 Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch has documented that Turkish authorities are pressuring Afghan asylum seekers trying to enter Turkey from Iran in violation of international law.
 However, with the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and rising poverty and unemployment, thousands have fled the country and migrated.
 Many human rights organizations have expressed concern about the dire situation of asylum seekers and the violation of international obligations by a number of countries with Afghan asylum seekers.

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