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US Moves Afghan Evacuees from Qatar to Unready Congo

5/5/2026

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  • The U.S. President Donald Trump administration is negotiating to move Afghan evacuees from Qatar’s As-Sayliyah camp to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which lacks resettlement infrastructure.
  • Camp residents live in container hangars, share toilets and kitchens, lack schooling, and suffer trauma, depression, and health problems.
  • NGO founder Shawn VanDiver says the United States broke its promise to Afghans who aided American forces, calling the relocation an injustice.