Afghan Canadian fears mom could also be despatched again into Taliban's fingers after they almost killed her

[ad_1] An Afghan Canadian man is looking on the federal authorities to hurry up the refugee sponsorship course of for his mom, who fled Afghanistan after she was overwhelmed by the Taliban and is now hiding in Tajikistan to keep away from deportation again to Kabul.

Noorullah Hakemi, who lives in Ottawa and got here to Canada in 2019, mentioned his mom, Bibi Khatoon Yaqoubi, 57, stays in peril as a result of the authoritarian authorities in Tajikistan has ordered the deportation of Afghan refugees.

"She resides in a very good situation for now from the well being perspective, however it's not a very good situation from the security perspective," Hakemi informed CBC Information.

He served as an adviser within the Afghan authorities earlier than the Taliban took energy.

"There's big human rights violation [in Tajikistan]. They're arresting individuals, they're beating individuals, they're torturing individuals," mentioned Hakemi.

English-language media experiences from the area in June mentioned that authorities in Tajikistan had launched sweeping immigration raids focusing on Afghan refugees.

Rafi Ferdous, a founding member of the Afghanistan-Canada Council, mentioned an estimated 3,000 Afghan refugees in Tajikistan have been awaiting the processing of their sponsored refugee circumstances to come back to Canada. He mentioned Ottawa must prioritize these circumstances.

"We wish the federal government [of Canada] to course of the circumstances ready in Tajikistan," mentioned Ferdous.

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All through the late Nineties and into the early 2000s, Tajikistan was one of many fundamental corridors Afghan refugees used to journey to Canada. The nation has historically been hostile towards the Taliban, mentioned Ferdous.

"They [the Tajikistan government] modified their behaviour …and that is new and that is type of unusual," he mentioned.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada mentioned in an emailed assertion to CBC Information that it was "deeply involved about experiences" of Afghan refugee deportations by Tajikistan authorities.

The assertion mentioned the federal government was working with the Worldwide Group for Migration and the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to liaise with authorities in Tajikistan to "shield and assist Afghans destined for resettlement in Canada."

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Mohammad Younesi’s household obtained asylum in Canada after fleeing Afghanistan, however Younesi ended up within the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after being separated from his household. Now, after being denied a short lived resident allow to enter Canada, Younesi might be despatched again to Afghanistan, the place his household worries he’ll be killed. [Correction: A previous version of this video description said that the family was smuggled out of Afghanistan. In fact, they fled the country after securing humanitarian visas from Brazil.] World Affairs Canada mentioned in an emailed assertion that Canada doesn't acknowledge the Taliban because the reliable authorities of Afghanistan and that the group stays listed as a terrorist entity.

The assertion mentioned Canada was monitoring the remedy of Afghan refugees in Tajikistan, in addition to in Pakistan and Iran.

Helen Thibault, an affiliate professor of political science at Nazarbayev College in Astana, Kazakhstan, mentioned there could also be a number of components behind the Tajikistan's authorities determination to ship Afghan refugees again into the arms of a Taliban authorities they've traditionally opposed.

Thibault mentioned Tajikistan could also be following the lead of Russia, which has acknowledged the Taliban as Afghanistan's reliable rulers.

"Every time Russia does one thing, Tajikistan is among the first international locations of Central Asia to comply with," she mentioned.

'Copycat impact' The Tajikistan authorities may be feeling a pressure on sources from internet hosting about 10,000 Afghan refugees in a small nation, she mentioned. Nearly all of refugees are within the poorer, extra rural southern area that borders Afghanistan, mentioned Thibeault.

"It might be that Tajikistan is seeing what is occurring within the U.S. and says, 'Oh, properly, , that is an appropriate apply now. We will deport anyone that's allegedly violating our migration legal guidelines.' It is like a copycat impact," she mentioned.

For Hakemi, the motives do not change the worry he faces on daily basis understanding his mom might be grabbed and deported again to a rustic beneath a regime that just about took her life.

"In fact I am afraid, she is just not the place she is meant to be," he mentioned. 'The place she resides is just not secure. If she goes again to Afghanistan, I do not know what's going to occur with the Taliban there."

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He mentioned his mom fled to Tajikistan in December 2024 after recovering from a beating by the hands of Taliban officers that left her with two fractured legs and a fractured left hand, together with different accidents, in keeping with a report submitted to Canadian immigration officers that included medical information and pictures.

She was dragged into the road, whipped and overwhelmed in entrance of a crowd throughout Aug. 15, 2024, celebrations marking the Taliban's return to energy, in keeping with the report.

"There have been two different ladies. I informed them that the Taliban are murderers and all that," mentioned Yaquobi in an audio assertion she recorded for CBC Information describing her ordeal.

"These ladies informed the Taliban what I mentioned. The Taliban pulled me out of the automotive and beat me. I used to be unconscious and ended up within the hospital … After I regained consciousness, I noticed my legs and arms have been damaged."