Afghan refugees in India’s New Delhi demand rights outside UNHCR
By AFP
25 August 2021 |
12:14 pm
Around 300 Afghan refugees in New Delhi shout slogans demanding human rights and resettlement by UN Agencies. The refugees say most of them have not received any help from the UN agencies in India. "We have nothing, no future, no education," says a 14-year-old Afghan refugee in India.
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