Belgium's Afghan Asylum Seekers Fear Being Sent Home
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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2014 · People & Blogs
Hundreds of Afghan asylum seekers are protesting in Belgium against being sent home. The BBC's Duncan Crawford reports from a makeshift camp in Brussels where families say being forced to return would amount to a death sentence. Would you like to know more? Belgium's Afghan asylum seekers fear being sent home http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25782030 "Sitting inside a cramped, cold tent erected under the ornate roof of a 17th-Century church, 27-year-old Marwa Mahbub, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, explains why she is refusing to return to her home country. "My life is in danger in Afghanistan," she says. "I have problems with the Taliban. Most of the people here have problems with the Taliban." Marwa is among more than 200 Afghans who, since the end of last year, have set up home inside the Beguinage Church in central Brussels. Originally from Helmand Province, she says she fled Afghanistan in 2008 after receiving death threats from the Taliban for promoting women rights. Despite repeatedly applying for asylum in Belgium, her applications have been rejected..." Two Britons killed in Kabul suicide attack on restaurant (BBC, Jan 18, 2014) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25788623 Taliban 'confident of victory in Afghanistan' (BBC, Jan 16, 2014) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25756462 Twelve Years Of Progress Slipping Away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b_l3zZi_oY Afghan Exodus In The Making https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCX6fr25J6c Focus On Afghanistan http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5C9FC3C10911B353
