Australia has stopped processing the asylum applications of Afghan citizens

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): Australian media have reported that the government of this country has quietly stopped the processing of Afghan asylum seekers who are still in Afghanistan.

 

SBS News, quoting an immigration lawyer, said that the Australian Labor Party is cleaning its hands from the Afghanistan problem.

 

This media added: This decision means that thousands of Afghans who are currently trapped are now facing the option of staying or traveling dangerously across the border.

 

At the same time, the website of the Ministry of Interior of Australia has also written that there are no facilities for

There are no biometric tests that verify the applicant's identity and records or visa interviews in Afghanistan.

 

The Australian Department of Home Affairs website adds: "To ensure that resettlement is provided in a timely manner to those most in need and to reduce uncertainty for those awaiting the outcome of their application, applications that do not fall under the humanitarian program group, even those in Afghanistan are present, they are rejected".

 

The list is said to prioritize Australian workers, their partners, children under 18, women, ethnic minorities, the LGBT community and other minorities.

 

Glenn Columitz, a military lawyer who has helped evacuate hundreds of former Afghan allies, has confirmed that Australian Home Affairs officials have informed him that they do not consider applications from inside Afghanistan.

 

He stated: Your plans will not even be processed, because Australia cannot conduct biometric testing in Afghanistan. We questioned this issue and they said that this is the policy.

 

The revelation comes after the SBS Pashto media revealed that one of its former journalists, who was waiting for his refugee visa to be processed, drowned in a boat accident off the coast of Italy after trying to flee Afghanistan after months of visa delays. became.

 

The Ministry of Interior and Immigration of Australia have not said anything in this regard yet.

 

It should be noted that after the fall of the previous government in Afghanistan, the Australian government announced that, in addition to accepting the asylum requests of those who have cooperated with the country's forces in Afghanistan, it will accept the asylum requests of thousands of others based on a humanitarian approach.