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About 10,000 Afghan refugees have faced prison-like conditions for six months inside a facility in Abu Dhabi after being evacuated from Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, according to protesters at the facility.
The New York Times reported that the protest broke out last Wednesday outside a U.S. official’s office on the compound. There were rumors that a protest organizer had been detained by Emirati secret police. Women reportedly joined the protest and held banners that demanded freedom. One read, “Six months life in prison.”
The U.S. is trying to figure out what to do with tens of thousands of refugees from the country after the fall of Kabul, which President Biden vowed would not happen.
More than 23 million Afghans face acute hunger, including nine million who are nearly famished, UNICEF World Food Program said in a report. The UN Development Program estimated that 97 percent of the Afghan population will plunge into poverty by mid-2022. Up to a million children under five could die by the end of the year due to the food crisis in the country.
The protest in Abu Dhabi has carried on for days and some have demanded resettlement in the U.S., according to Reuters. Hundreds of people have taken part in these peaceful protests and they say U.S. officials have been wooly about whether or not they will ever leave. A source told the outlet that a U.S. official informed the protesters that it could take years for their applications to be processed.
These protesters include individuals who worked with the U.S. government prior to the Taliban takeover and those who served in the country’s military under former President Ashraf Ghani.
The Biden administration has already allowed 75,000 Afghans into the U.S. under humanitarian parole, which is a temporary status, according to the Times. The White House told the paper that it has quadrupled staffing in its visa-processing office and has reduced the wait time for applicants.
TREND FORECAST: The Trends Journal has reported extensively on the “Operation Enduring Freedom, the longest war in American history that was launched by President George W. Bush with 88 percent support from the American public.
The massive destruction and murder that has been caused by the United States and its NATO allies that has created massive misery in Afghanistan following and the disastrous withdrawal in August that has led to a humanitarian crisis in the country. (See “BIDEN ON AFHGANISTAN: ‘FUCK THAT’” and “AS CELENTE FORECAST: U.S. WOULD LOSE AFGHAN WAR LAUNCHED BY BUSH. THE WORST IS YET TO COME.”)
The Afghan crisis will escalate as the global economy contracts, creating intense refugee issues in neighboring and eastern European states as Afghan citizens try to escape the poverty, crime, violence and corruption raging across their nation. This in turn will also build stronger foundations for anti-immigrant, anti-establishment political movements in nations overrun by refugees.