Two years since the Taliban stormed Kabul, devastating the lives of thousands of Afghans, those who fled to Britain are now facing an uncertain future.
The Taliban takeover marked the end of a 20-year presence of coalition forces in the country and the beginning of a dark new chapter for the nation, restricting rights and freedoms for women and girls.
Afghans who worked with the western-backed Government live in fear for their lives. Many who worked with the British, American and other Western nations braved perilous journeys to escape their new reality.
In this week’s episode of The i Podcast we speak to three Afghan women who fled Afghanistan for Britain.
To date, the UK has opened its doors to 24,600 vulnerable Afghans under two resettlement schemes hailed as the world’s most generous.
Yet families who arrived have lived in cramped hotel rooms for months without provisions to cook or wash their clothes.
Now a new fear looms as the hotels are due to be shut at the end of August with those that remain facing eviction. Some have nowhere else to go.
Read Molly's article here: https://inews.co.uk/news/afghan-refugee-hotel-no-space-cooking-washing-machines-2543645
Music featured is by Michael Kobrin and Lexin Music - licensed via Pixabay.
Check out their music here:
https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-the-introvert-michael-kobrin-10959/
https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music-28841948/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Special Summer Offer: Exclusively on Apple Podcasts, try our Dateline Premium subscription completely free for one month! With Dateline Premium, you get every episode ad-free plus exclusive bonus content.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!