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| Australia to Expel Afghan Illegal Immirgrants |
| 2011-01-19 |
| [Tolo News] Illegal Afghan Immigrants in Australia will be forcibly repatriated to their homeland under a new refugee deal. Afghan government along with United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Australia have signed an agreement about obligatory return of Afghan illegal asylum seekers in Australia. But officials here in Kabul argued that the deal would be fruitful to asylum seekers down in Australia. Based on the deal all Afghan refugees who failed to qualify as asylum seekers in Australia will be even forced to return to their homeland. A top official at Afghan Refugee Ministry said there is no part in the agreement about obligatory repatriation of Afghan refugees to Afghanistan. "The agreement only focuses on voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees. The deal said Australia prefers that repatriation is done voluntarily," Abdul Rahim, Deputy Afghan Refugee Minister, said. "This is what UNHCR insists on and this is what we want considering the current situation in Afghanistan." According to the deal, refugees who have failed to qualify as asylum seekers in Australia will be given another chance for their cases to be reopened, said officials at Afghan foreign ministry. "Considering returnees' rights to Afghanistan, based on the agreement the repatriation should happen based on their will," foreign ministry spokesperson, Ahmad Zaher Faqiri, said. According to the agreement, more efforts will be made to build capacities in Afghan government institutions to prepare the ground to solve problems that make Afghans leave their country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Hear, hear. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-01-19 02:50 |