“I had no chance to speak, no lawyer, nothing,” he said. “They beat us and loaded us into buses like animals.”
Zahra, a 16-year-old girl from Bamiyan, was born in Iran. She had never visited Afghanistan before her family was deported last week. Now stranded in Herat with no relatives and limited Dari fluency, she feels completely lost.
“I don’t know this place. I want to go home,” she says. “But home is gone.”
These stories are tragically common. They highlight the urgent need for a coordinated response that places human dignity at the center of migration and asylum policies.
A Call for Coordinated Action
Addressing this crisis requires joint action at multiple levels:
1. Humanitarian Support
International organizations must scale up operations at border points like Islam Qala. Emergency funding, food assistance, medical care, and psychological support are essential. Safe transit centers and reintegration programs must be expanded.