The US State Department has revealed what American refugee organizations have faced, on the part of some Afghan evacuees, from racism, sexual discrimination and verbal abuse.

A new report issued by the State Department, according to what was reported by the American “New York Post” newspaper, on its website, today, Monday, stated that US agencies, which are trying to help Afghan refugees resettle, have been subjected to racism, discrimination on the basis of sex and verbal abuse from the people who were taken. evacuated.

The US Inspector General's report focused on the resettlement of 72,000 Afghans who were evacuated, after obtaining conditional release for humanitarian reasons, to enter the United States, after its withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, and their transfer to the United States in 2022.

The report said that (resettlement) agency officials told the Office of the Inspector General that the (Afghan Placement and Assistance) program included some of the most significant challenges they had ever faced.

The agencies said that one of the most important issues facing the resettlement process in the past two years is the speed of arrival of arrivals - compared to 11,840 refugees resettled in fiscal year 2020, and added that the Corona pandemic has complicated the housing process, as well as a lack of cultural understanding as a reason for "inappropriate behavior". decent" by some refugees.

The report cited some employees of Armenia who were subjected to racism and sexism from Afghans, who are not accustomed to the norms of American society.

According to the report, some Afghan evacuees refused to cooperate with minorities and the women in charge of handling their cases - even "verbally abusing" some of them.

The report also highlighted the "unrealistic expectations" of some of those released regarding the resettlement process, and concluded that resettlement was an "unprecedented and challenging effort".
Source: Middle East News Agency