GENEVA, Oct 25 (Reuters) – UN human rights experts on Monday condemned Washington’s expulsions of Haitian migrants and refugees, saying they formed part of a policy of “racialised exclusion” of Black Haitians at U.S. ports of entry. Under its so-called Title 42 policy passed last year by the administration of[Read More…]
The Red Cross on Friday urged the international community to engage with Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers, saying that aid groups on their own would be unable to stave off a humanitarian crisis. Afghanistan has been plunged into crisis by the abrupt end of billions of dollars in foreign assistance following[Read More…]
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday to provide aid to Americans returning from Afghanistan, sending the bill to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law. The “Emergency Repatriation Assistance for Returning Americans Act” provides $10 million in emergency funds, although[Read More…]
Uncategorized WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) – For the first since 2001 there are no American troops in Afghanistan after the United States completed the evacuation of most of its citizens and thousands of at-risk Afghans. More than 114,000 people have been airlifted from Kabul airport in the past two weeks as[Read More…]
