From Parwan to EU; a migrant’s failed bid to reach his dreamland
CHARIKAAR (SW) – Young Parwan resident Hamid Hamidi spent all of his savings to try to reach Europe twice via Iran and Turkey, but failed despite enduring all the hardships.
CHARIKAAR (SW) – Young Parwan resident Hamid Hamidi spent all of his savings to try to reach Europe twice via Iran and Turkey, but failed despite enduring all the hardships.
KABUL (SW) – The uncertain times amid raging war and poverty have forced many Afghan youngster to flee for better life in the neighboring countries or Europe.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – The evident signs of beatings by the Turkish border guards can still be seen on Shamsullah Ahmadzai body.
KABUL (SW) – As the young and only breadwinner for an extended family, Lateef thought by migrating from Afghanistan to the UAE his troubles would end.
KABUL (SW) – On the border with Iran, the Nimroz province of Afghanistan is home to a number of aspiring migrants as well as dejected returnees and deportees.
KABUL (SW) – Migration from Afghanistan surged in 2014 with the end of the NATO-led combat mission and departure of thousands of foreign troops.
KABUL (SW) – To flee the ensuing violence and crippling poverty, many Afghan migrants even borrowed money on high interest rates just to flee from the country.
KABUL (SW) – Mohammad Aslam Taymour was an active media professional in Afghanistan before leaving the country about six years ago due to security concerns and settling in Switzerland.
LASHKARGAH (SW) – The phenomenon of migration caused by its push factors often has a set of problems and hardships, and even the threat of death with it, which only few migrants evade.
MAIMANA (SW) – Afghanistan remains among leading countries whose citizens continue to migrate regularly and irregularly in a large number for various reasons.
Frightened by the escalating violence and lured by human smugglers, more and more youngsters are resorting to embark on the dangerous routes of irregular migration from Afghanistan.
KABUL (SW) – The fate of many Afghan refugees remains in limbo as they continue to struggle for legal documents to stay, work and study there.