Afghan refugee crisis

Thousands of at-risk Afghans need practical, accessible, and legal routes to international protection, and continued efforts to ensure support for those “involuntarily immobile.”

The process, always slow and cumbersome, is now overwhelmed. Even as cases move through the system, safety remains a grave concern for Afghans forced to wait.

On the world stage, Afghanistan risks becoming a forgotten crisis, despite rising humanitarian needs. But its closest neighbors don’t have the luxury of looking the other way.

Even financial compensation can’t lure Central Asian countries into accepting Afghan refugees.

After a three-week pause in flights due to a small measles outbreak, flights are set to resume to bring Afghans to the U.S.

As South Korea admits Afghans as “special contributors,” the country remains divided over refugees.

In late July, a Tajik official said the country had the capacity to accept 100,000 Afghan refugees. Since then, Dushanbe has fallen into the broader, anti-refugee Central Asian line.

The crisis in Afghanistan has reopened painful wounds for many of the country's 2 million Vietnamese Americans, and spurred many to assist new arrivals.

Tashkent has assisted Western countries in evacuating some Afghans, but Uzbekistan can and should do more. 

The Taliban blitz toward Kabul left refugees already in India feeling isolated and farther from home than ever.

Stalled out peace talks have shattered hopes of a safe return home for millions of Afghans who fled abroad.