WASHINGTON (CNS) — Saying that a humanitarian crisis is developing in Afghanistan, the chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees called on the U.S. government to “act with utmost urgency” to resettle thousands of Afghan citizens entering the country under special immigrant visas. The U.S. government has said it would resettle up to 30,000 people who have applied for Special Immigrant Visas, or SIVs. The flow of refugees has been fueled by the rapid takeover of the Afghan government by Taliban forces in the first half of August as the U.S. withdrew its military, which has been in the troubled country for nearly 20 years. “The government’s goal to relocate as many as 30,000 SIV applicants to the United States remains a monumental task that hangs in the balance,” said Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration, and Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, Illinois, chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace.
Bishops say U.S. government must urgently act to relocate fleeing Afghans – Detroit Catholic: Read Catholic News & Stories
Bishops say U.S. government must urgently act to relocate fleeing Afghans – Detroit Catholic: Read Catholic News & Stories
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