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Asia-Pacific

Why are these Afghan refugees still stuck in limbo?

It's been almost two years but political jockeying is making resettlement impossible for many who worked with US forces in Kabul.

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Asia-Pacific

US failure to help Afghans is worse than we thought

A new lawsuit alleges that some NGOs set up to help evacuate those who helped the United States in Afghanistan are just a series of scams.

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Asia-Pacific

Stuck while the world moves on: upwards of 160,000 Afghans remain in limbo

Advocates are angry that the Special Immigrant Visa program is still failing tens of thousands of people who risked their lives for Americans.

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Europe

Human catastrophe, flowing from Ukraine and across the globe

While the war is not causing all of the world's economic crises, ending it is becoming a matter of life and death.

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Europe

Before Ukraine, a refugee crisis ignored by the Western powers that largely caused it

One reporter, Sally Hayden, answered a message one day and uncovered a global scandal "of epic proportions."

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Asia-Pacific

Four steps Biden can take now to get evacuees out quickly

Now is not the time for bureaucracy or delay. The United States will only get one opportunity to get this right.