The dream of reaching Europe while enduring nightmares
KABUL (SW) – The severe dearth of basic needs for life in Afghanistan has compelled many young Afghans to embark on the treacherous journey to Europe.
KABUL (SW) – The severe dearth of basic needs for life in Afghanistan has compelled many young Afghans to embark on the treacherous journey to Europe.
KABUL (SW) – The quest for safer and prosperous life continues to inspire humans towards migration, a phenomenon that tied to human destiny and past.
Unemployment, poverty, insecurity and lack of better education in Afghanistan have led to large numbers of families and young people moving abroad and migrating irregularly.
MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SW) – In a quiet corner of the slightly dark room was sitting a young man in a wheelchair lost deep in thoughts about his troubled past as an irregular migrant.
MAIMANA (SW) – Many Afghans have faced negative consequences of migration and some have even paid grim sacrifices with limbs and lives of their own or their closed one.
GHOR (SW) – Every day, hundreds of children, teenagers, and elderly return to Afghanistan from Iran, each with tragic stories of their own.
KABUL (SW) – Unemployment and insecurity in recent years have forced many citizens to emigrate irregularly in search of a safer life and livelihoods.
KANDAHAR CITY (SW) – Gulali, a Kandahar resident and a graduate of Pashto literature, quit his job as a school teacher in search for his dream of safer and prosperous life abroad.
KABUL (SW) – In recent years, many young Afghans have migrated to other countries to escape from unemployment, insecurity and seeking the imaginary life often promised to them by traffickers.
KABUL (SW) – In recent years, insecurity and unemployment have been cited as the main reasons for irregular migration, but there are also some who migrate irregularly out of passion without realizing the risks attached.
KABUL (SW) – Zia-ul-Haq, 38, a resident of Gardez, the capital of Paktia province, says he immigrated to Iran irregularly due to unemployment and security problems.
MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SW) – Balkh resident Ahmad Noor was too concerned due to insecurity and joblessness that he rushed for irregular migration to Iran along with his family without considering the grim risks attached.