Asylum seeker has nowhere to run

Safe sanctuaryA health worker walking around to check on Covid-19 patients admitted in the chapel of Quezon City General Hospital which has been turned into a Covid-19 ward amid rising infections, in Quezon City, Metro Manila. The Philippines’ Department of Health reported 16,044 new Covid-19 infections yesterday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,839,635 as the death toll climbed to 31,810. — Reuters

Asylum seeker Sitari Panahi lost contact with her parents and her brother last week, when the Taliban stormed through Afghanistan and captured, among others, the central province of Daykundi, where the family’s home town is situated.

“Taliban coming. My brother went out. I spoke to my mother. One day, two days, my brother has not come back,” Sitari said on the phone from Bogor, an hour’s drive from Jakarta.