Afghan refugees and internally displaced persons

7. Afghan refugees in Iran: Afghanistan is the source of one of the world’s largest and most protracted refugee crises, with waves of refugees fleeing the country after the 1979 Soviet invasion, then during Taliban rule in the 1990s, and finally during the last decade of conflict between US-led forces and Taliban insurgents. While much has been written about the 2.7 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan, the presence of some 900,000 registered refugees and 1.4 million unregistered Afghans in neighboring Iran has received less attention. Most of them live in urban areas where, under the current regime, intolerance of the refugees has grown and their children are excluded from mainstream education. Promises to naturalize some of the unregistered refugees have not materialized, and they are often subject to mass deportations. Experts warn that forced mass return of refugees to Afghanistan would further destabilize the country, which has a limited capacity to provide jobs, basic services and security to returnees.

Der menschenverachtende Wall gegen Flüchtlinge wird immer höher. Nun wollen die Regierungen festlegen, wie sie Asylsuchende künftig noch leichter einsperren können. Zur Abschottung gäbe es Alternativen.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Gulam recalls the evening she fled her home in northern Afghanistan on foot, running with her teen daughters under the cloak of darkness to avoid cooking a dinner...

Die Kälte hat das Gewebe der Beine des jungen Flüchtlings nun so zerstört, dass die Ärzte diese amputieren wollen. 

Sie hoffen auf ein besseres Leben und enden im Gefängnis: In der JVA Stadelheim müssen sich Asylbewerberinnen ihre Zelle mit Straftätern teilen.

Immer mehr Gerichte geben Asylbewerbern Recht, die sich gegen ihre Abschiebung nach Italien oder Ungarn wehren. Panorama deckt auf, in welch schlimmen Zuständen Flüchtlinge dort leben müssen.