Afghan refugees and migrants protest uncertain future in UAE

Afghan refugees and migrants live in United Arab Emirates (UAE) facility for nearly a year after being evacuated Afghanistan New protests were held this week over what they say is a slow and opaque resettlement process.

hundreds of Afghans Hold banners chanting freedom Monday and Tuesday, two Afghans Thousands of people are estimated to be still waiting to be resettled to the facility, the facility told Reuters. U.S. or a third country.Pictures and videos shared with Reuters show children, women and men protesting inside the facility Abu Dhabiknown as the UAE Humanitarian City, with temperatures in bay Arab countries reach 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit).

A boy holds a small banner that reads: “One year is enough!” UAE authorities and us embassy in Abu Dhabi There was no immediate comment on the protests or the resettlement process.

“We were held here for almost a year, the camp is like a modern prison. No one is allowed to go out, they don’t know when (we) will settle permanently in any country,” one of them said. Afghans said on condition of anonymity.Protests first erupted at the facility in February before and after the resettlement process appeared to have stalled, prompting a high-level visit us State Department officials who have the final say Afghans Will be resettled by August.

The process resumed shortly after the visit. There were an estimated 12,000 at the time Afghans Facilities in the capital Abu Dhabi and another site nearby.This U.S. Since last August, more than 85,000 Afghansincluding many in middle East and Europe.the two of them Afghans Speaking to Reuters, the mental health of people in tightly controlled facilities is deteriorating due to uncertainty about the future.

Both said they did not know when they could be relocated. #AfghanEvac, a coalition of volunteer groups representing Afghans arrive us government, written in Twitter The process did not stop after the protests broke out, with people from the UAE facilities to be relocated in U.S. or elsewhere.

UAE officials say the country offers to temporarily host thousands Afghans Delegate evacuation U.S. and other Western countries after the fall of the Western-backed government in Afghanistan Taliban take over. Others arrived later on charter flights.UAE like other countries bay states, which generally do not accept refugees.

U.S. officials say all eligible will be resettled in U.S., while others who do not will be placed in third countries.No one will be forced to return Afghanistanaccording to us officials, although some in the UAE returned voluntarily after waiting months.among Afghans Advocates say those detained in UAE are those with us Governments, the military, other coalition partners and foreign charities during the war.

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