Those who have a clear path to the U.S. face a slow processing time, while thousands of others have no idea where they'll end up.
who fled their homes have been stranded in Abu Dhabi facilities since last summer as they await travel to their final destination, including the U.S., in spite of assurances that they will get help soon.
Flights to the U.S. were operating until November of last year, but then suddenly stopped initially due to aamong Afghans and then because of other screening requirements. Despite assurances that the process would be resumed as soon as possible, flights effectively remained halted until April of this year.
Afghans rallied in an Afghan refugee camp in Abu Dhabi to protest the non-transfer to the United States on Sunday, Feb. 13.But not everyone with a clear path to resettlement in the U.S. has an approved SIV. A large number of SIV applicants are in the initial stages of the lengthy SIV application process,This means that while these applicants will eventually arrive in the U.S., they will not be given priority for travel.
Haseena Niazi, a 24-year-old from Afghanistan, holds a parole denial notice she received from the Department of Homeland Security, while posing outside her home on Dec. 17, 2021.Humanitarian parole cannot be processed in Abu Dhabi, Lloyd said. That visa category and anyone else with no valid pathway to the U.S. must find another country to receive them.
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