KABUL (TOLOnews): The President of the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS), Matiul Haq Khalis, said that the forced deportation of immigrants from neighboring countries and the earthquake in Herat have increased the level of people’s need for humanitarian aid.
Speaking at a ceremony to receive 5,500 aid packages from the King Salman Charity Foundation, Khalis noted that ARCS is working with international organizations to raise the amount of assistance in the districts and villages because recently returned immigrants face numerous difficulties there.
“After spending 20 to 30 years abroad, when one of them [immigrants] arrives in their district and province, they have no place to stay there and face various problems,” Matiul Haq Khalis said.
Some immigrants who have recently returned from Pakistan said that they are facing serious economic challenges and that these aids are not enough for them. They asked the Islamic Emirate to also provide them the work opportunities.
“I am happy that I have received the aid, but we should be provided with the employment opportunities,” Wali Khan, a returnee from Pakistan told TOLOnews.
“We returned from Pakistan and rented a house for 6,000 Afghanis, and we have no means to advance our lives,” Khudadad, another returnee from Pakistan, told TOLOnews.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has provided 16 ambulances to the Afghan Red Crescent Society. Officials of ARCS said that they will send these ambulances to Nuristan, Bamyian and Uruzgan provinces.
