We can do what our government has failed to do, as the UNHCR is currently doing in Afghanistan, which is to stand by the Afghan people. Activists and humanitarians say while the funding is welcome, Australia must offer protection to those fleeing. Further funding must also be delivered to those unable to flee and permanent protection afforded to Afghans already in Australia.
Sign up Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Apple or. There they face exploitation at the hands of militia groups, which run the centres in all but name. The former staff member described a chaotic infrastructure at UNHCR, where he worked for several years, with asylum seekers registered under incorrect nationalities and others forced to wait for months to hear the status of their applications. Euronews has spoken to dozens of asylum seekers on the ground in Libya, including a man suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
A medical source in Tripoli said that the hospitalisation of migrants and refugees - especially those cases with tuberculosis - is expensive, and some public hospitals lack the equipment to correctly diagnose the cases. As a result, NGOs have to find a balance between paying very high bills to private hospitals or discharging patients too early, the source concludes. The feeling on the streets is one of abandonment by international institutions. Asylum seekers in urban areas believe that the UN agency will be there to help them find accommodation for example but the UNHCR are not obligated to do so.
In one case, a group of Sudanese refugees — including expectant mothers and newborn babies - have been living for several months in an abandoned warehouse in an area of Tripoli known as al-Riyadiya. The group were since evicted from the warehouse and are now sleeping in front the UNHCR community day centre, waiting to be moved to safer housing. Gifts of marketable securities may be the most cost-effective way of giving in comparison to making a cash gift.
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Donate Today Please help refugee families in need. Afghanistan: What is Sharia law? Who are the Taliban? Image source, Getty Images. How many Afghans were evacuated? The Ramstein military base in Germany has become a makeshift camp for thousands of Afghans. What's happening on the border? Left behind in Afghanistan: If I can't get out, I'll die. How many have fled their homes? Where do Afghan refugees go?
What are countries doing to help? Turkish security forces patrolling the border with Iran help an exhausted Afghan family. Polish soldiers have been erecting a fence along the border with Belarus to stop illegal crossings.
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