More than a thousand Afghans stranded at a US-run military base in Qatar may be getting transferred to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for resettlement, the advocacy group #AfghanEvac has said.
Camp As Sayliyah (Cas) in the Qatari desert currently holds 1,100 Afghans with links to the US military and government. They had been screened and flown out to the Gulf to await immigration to the US under various visa and refugee programmes.
Several of them, whom Middle East Eye previously spoke to, had their visas approved and in hand.
Their wait at Cas was meant to last no longer than 21 days. But for many, it has been years, dating back to the chaotic 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The Trump administration no longer wants them.
