U.S CONSIDERS SENDING AFGHAN REFUGEES TO DR CONGO. (PHOTO)
U.S considers sending Afghan refugees to DR Congo The United States is looking to give former Afghan allies stuck in Qatar a choice between emigrating to Democratic Republic of Congo or returning to their homeland, an activist said Tuesday. President Donald Trump's administration, which has made a sweeping crackdown on immigration a signature policy, had given a March 31 deadline to close a camp where more than 1,100 Afghans were staying at a former US base in Qatar. Afghans have been going through the base for processing while seeking to move to the United States, fearing persecution by the Taliban for having worked with US forces before they withdrew and the Western-backed government collapsed in 2021. Shawn VanDiver, a US veteran who heads AfghanEvac, a group seeking to help former Afghan allies, said he was briefed that the Trump administration was looking to offer the Afghans a choice to go to DR Congo or otherwise return to Afghanistan. He said he expected the Afghans to dec...






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