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Afghan Refugees Stranded in UAE Compound After Fleeing Taliban with Private Veteran Groups

Originally Published 2 years ago — by CNN

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Source: CNN

About 2,100 Afghan refugees remain held in a compound in the UAE more than 18 months after they were evacuated from Afghanistan largely by private groups working with the State Department. Thousands of Afghans evacuated by private groups were left in a legal limbo with seemingly no clear path to the US – or anywhere else. Their plight has gained recent attention from human rights groups, who say the refugees are being held arbitrarily by the UAE and have been subject to a host of abuses, including poor medical care and being held in “prison-like” conditions.