Thousands of Afghans stuck at U.S. military bases face long road to resettlement

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Four months after Afghanistan fell, nearly 29,000 evacuees are still stuck on U.S. military bases waiting for permanent resettlement

— the latter being one reason Siddiq has been told he and his family still are at Fort McCoy. The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t helped. And the vetting of Afghans for security risks is taking longer in some cases for a variety of reasons, such as missing paperwork.Afghans fell to their deaths

“How is the process going? I think miraculously well given the cards we were dealt,” said John Slocum, interim executive director of Nonetheless, “it is not easy, and there are challenges with each step and flight,” said a U.S. official familiar with the ongoing evacuation effort. “The number of people applying for the different immigrant categories grows each day.”

U.S. government divisions and public-private partnerships that had for decades helped resettle people like the fleeing Afghans had been decimated. Under Trump, NGOs that helped resettle refugees were forced to shut down offices, shed employees and let go of relationships with landlords who provided housing options for newly arrived refugees.

Those organizations have managed to open dozens of new offices to help deal with the Afghan population, infrastructure they hope to use in the coming years as the traditional U.S. refugee program — which accepts a limited number of people every year from all over the world — returns to its pre-Trump state.

The Alexandria office is one of 13 new sites LIRS has launched after having to shut down 17 due to the Trump years, said Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and chief executive of LIRS.

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

 

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Mayb these ppl didn't pass the vetting process or mayb their just trying 2 take advantage of the situation 2 get the hell outta Afghanistan. Nothing n this article explains why they're still there.

Are these just ppl who are trying to escape, or, ppl who helped our military actions? If they were helping us, our military is not as good as I thought. With this amount of help (and these are just the leftovers) we should’ve been able to eradicate the Taliban.

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I recommend Afghanistan they speak the language

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