While more than a thousand Afghan refugees and their families have been waiting for their relocation to the United States at the only refugee camp in Qatar, the U.S. plans to close this camp today.
ABC News reported today (Tuesday, March 31) that the U.S. State Department has informed the refugees in the camp that they must leave by the end of March.
More than a thousand Afghan allies of the U.S. and their families were transferred to this camp after the collapse of the Afghan government, awaiting their relocation to the U.S.
The U.S. State Department has told the refugees in the camp to either go to a third country or return to Afghanistan.
According to ABC News, citing the U.S. State Department, the camp is now at risk of missile and drone attacks amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, and its continued operation is no longer considered viable.
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