Trump’s administrator cancels a trip to refugees who have already been approved to settle in the US – National

Refugees who have been granted a trip to the United States before the expiry of the period 27.

Thousands refugees They are now stranded in various locations around the world.

The suspension was executed by an executive command signed by the President Donald Trump on Monday. Opened possibility was left for people who had passed a long process to grant them the status of refugees and to allow them to come to the US and had flights reserved before the deadline, they could still enter under the wire.

But in the email inspected on Wednesday, The Associated Press, the US agency that monitors the processing and the arrival of refugees told the staff and stakeholders that “the arrival of refugees in the United States was suspended until further notice.”

Among the affected are more than 1600 Afghans who have been approved by the US as part of the program that Biden’s administration established after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan 2021. This number includes those who worked together with US soldiers during the war, as well as members of an active American military staff family .

Those Afghans who escaped after the Taliban took over the power on Wednesday on Trump to exclude them from the order, and some said they risked their lives to support American troops.

It is estimated that 15,000 Afghans are waiting in Pakistan to approve them to move to the United States through the US Government program. It was founded for the help of Afghans who were threatened under the Taliban for their work with the US Government, the media, the agencies for help and human rights groups, after the US troops withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, when the Talibani took power.

There were no immediate comments from Pakistan, where the authorities called on the world community to decide on the fate of 1.45 million Afghan refugees, saying that they could not remain infinitely.

“Many of us have risked our lives to support the US mission as translators, performers, human rights defenders and allies,” said the advocate group called AFGHAN SPRAP REFUGEES – named after the US refugee program – in the open letter to Trump, members of the Congress and Congress members Human rights defenders.

“The Talibans consider us traitors, and the return to Afghanistan would expose us to arrest, torture or death,” said the group. “In Pakistan, the situation is increasingly unsustainable. Arbitrary arrests, deportations and insecurity worsen our trouble. ”

Trump’s order gave the Agency a deadline until January 27 before it began to suspend all processing and trips for at least three months. Now, however, it seems that the time in the order has been shifted up. It was not immediately clear what prompted the change.

Refugees are different from people who come directly to the border of the US and Mexico with the aim of eventually requested asylum in the US. Refugees must live outside the United States to be considered for relocation and usually the United Nations are referred to a state department.

They are subjected to an extensive examination before arriving in the US. When they come to the United States, they usually associate with a relocation agency that helps them adapt to life in America. This includes help finding a job and enrollment of children in school.

The Afghan woman, Farzana Umeed, and a man, Sarfraz Ahmed, said in an interview on the outskirts of Islamabad that they were traumatized for the suspension of the program.

“I almost cried last night when we heard this news,” Umeed said. She said it was difficult for her to live in Pakistan, and she couldn’t even go to America. “Returning to the homeland also means taking over a huge risk. What should I do? ”She asked, calling Trump to change her decision.

Those who are in exile in Pakistan include Afghan journalists who were forced to escape from Taliban to save their lives, and now face “extreme anxiety under a constant threat of arrest, police harassment and deportation in Afghanistan,” said boundless reporters on Wednesday.

The media supervisor invited Pakistan to ensure journalist protection, who say that their visa is extended only for a month with a $ 100 fee.

According to a group of Afghan refugees of the USRAP, flights for many Afghan were scheduled for January, February and March after being interviewed by the Officers of the International Migration and US Embassy organizations.

“We are looking for an annulment of a ban on the refugee program on a humanitarian basis,” said Ahmad Shah, a member of the group, who hoped to leave Pakistan to the United States in March after all interviews and medical tests have undergone.

In addition to Pakistan, more than 3200 Afghanists are staying in Albania. NATO member, Albania, first agreed to accommodate Afghanians who fled a year before they moved for the final settlement in the United States, and then committed to keep them longer if they were delayed.

–With Munira Ahmed the Associated Press

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