Afghan refugees, migrants protest in UAE over uncertain future


FILE PHOTO: Evacuees from Afghanistan sit at Emirates Humanitarian City in Abu Dhabi, UAE, August 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vidhyaa Chandramohan

DUBAI (Reuters) -Afghan refugees and migrants living in limbo at a United Arab Emirates (UAE) facility for nearly a year since being evacuated from Afghanistan held protests this week over what they say is a slow and opaque resettlement process.

Hundreds of Afghans carried banners and shouted for freedom on Monday and Tuesday, two Afghans in the facility told Reuters, estimating that thousands were awaiting resettlement to the United States or other countries.

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