During the recent news they have had talks of refugees seeking asylum from Afghanistan, in our recent weeks we have been discussing the Iranian revolution and learning of one girl that left her home country for multiple reasons and will not return due to fear. I wanted to take a look into some issues that are surrounded around these matters which lead me to one particular issue concerning injustice refugees face, Health Inequity.  When someone is wanting to flee their home country for safety the last thing they should have to face is being denied. Unfortunately, this is a common theme, applicants are limited and must meet a criteria.  This criteria is typically objective and if you have any mental health issues it may be very difficult to express your story clearly, and in some cases between translation and unable to fund a private representative they are denied. In other instances when it is more of a physical illness maybe they won’t have to express objectively so much and would be able to be granted asylum easier however, this is just no easier.  In most cases people have to wait extended amounts of time and jump through multiple hoops while being homeless and unable to care for themselves will leave them often missing deadlines and unable to complete the request. The US policies have only become increasingly more difficult for anyone seeking to be granted asylum let alone ones with health issues.  This needs to be fixed before anyone else is harmed or dies while seeking asylum.  I think the UN will have to assist in helping to make this synonymous, we need to become more involved in what the less fortunate are going through because they were born in another country, and the legalities system needs adjusted to be able to allow these people a simpler and quicker by making it less adversarial.

Upon further research for this topic, I have found that within the past few weeks the White House has made changes to assist refugees who have recently fled Afghanistan from the recent Taliban take over. This is a resettlement program for the Afghan people to help them get a better and quicker start with their new lives. This program will allow for private sponsors and will also widen the location of where the refugees will be allowed to reside. This article goes into more detail for anyone interested. This is exactly what I had previously listed as my thoughts on one way to help right this wrong.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/23/politics/afghan-refugees-private-resettlement-veterans/index.html

References:

Alvarez, P. C. (2021, October 23). White House to allow Afghan refugees to be sponsored by private citizens – CNNPolitics. CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/23/politics/afghan-refugees-private-resettlement-veterans/index.html

Mousin, C. B. (2021, February 1). Health inequity and tent court injustice. Journal of Ethics | American Medical Association. Retrieved October 21, 2021, from https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/health-inequity-and-tent-court-injustice/2021-02.