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Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said Thursday that he would oppose the continuing resolution because it would open up the United States to “unlimited” Afghan refugee resettlement without any vetting.

The Pentagon on Wednesday acknowledged that Afghan refugees are facing problems at U.S. military bases where they are being held.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) on Tuesday made it clear that he is inviting Afghan migrants to his state with open arms amid concerns of measles outbreaks and terrorist sympathizers being among them as others commit visa fraud. 

Renacci and his advisers said they are hopeful DeWine’s continued departures from GOP priorities could bode well for his campaign.

Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) warned that Texas is unable to verify what screening measures, if any, were applied to Afghan migrants and refugees seeking resettlement in America.

Two of the Afghan men evacuated from the Taliban-run country with their wives and children under the government’s generous refugee programme have called for extended families to be brought over as well, with one complaining that it was taking too long to get permanent accommodation.

The EU is set to establish a diplomatic presence in Kabul amid concerns over the influence of Communist China and Russia in Afghanistan.

Ministers from across the European Union (EU) have presented a plan to support countries neighbouring Afghanistan to host those fleeing the Taliban, in order to stop a repeat of the 2015 migrant crisis.

European Union member-states are gearing up to counter a possible migrant crisis from Afghanistan, according to a draft statement that is set to be officially released on Tuesday.

Boris Johnson’s government has been criticised for leaving behind British citizens, as the last evacuation flights left Kabul.

A member of the French think tank the Institute for Justice has warned that increasing the number of Afghan migrants in France could lead to an increase in criminality.

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Thursday, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) blasted President Joe Biden and his chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, lamenting the recent decline of America and deeming the president “cognitively impaired” and/or “purposely harming the country,” while urging moderate Democrats to follow his lead and join the Republicans to hold this administration responsible.

President Ashraf Ghani’s former Minister for Communications is now making an honest living as a food delivery driver in Germany. 

A senior member of the Spanish populist party Vox has wanted of the potential threat from Jihadist extremists among Afghan refugees after the Taliban released prisoners across the country. Vox vice president Jorge Buxadé spoke Tuesday on the issue of settling

The Biden administration’s policies towards acceptance of Afghan migrants and refugees may invite a terrorist attack, Monica Crowley warned.

Russia has no intention of bringing in Afghan refugees amid a Taliban takeover, citing fears “militants ” could sneak into the country “under the guise of refugees,” leader Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) wants the Biden administration to first prioritize evacuating American citizens from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and then focus on protecting the Afghan allies who specifically “protected our troops” and saved American lives during the past 20 years, the governor told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Monday.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby on Monday refused to give the specific number of Americans evacuated from Afghanistan.

As recriminations fly among Biden administration officials over who bungled the Afghanistan withdrawal, some are questioning the responsibility of Russ Travers, who was fired by the Trump administration as acting head of the National Counterterrorism Center and subsequently rehired by President Joe Biden to lead the interagency process on the evacuation operation.

Following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and a possible wave of migrants fleeing the country, Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven has vowed there will be no repeat of the 2015 migrant crisis.

President Joe Biden’s administration may balloon the number of Afghans set to be resettled across the United States following the withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan.

Spanish populist Vox leader Santiago Abascal has called for Afghan refugees to be “welcomed in Muslim countries” while demanding the Spanish government evacuate citizens.

Uganda on Tuesday agreed to receive and temporarily house 2,000 Afghan refugees at the request of the U.S. government, Reuters reported.

Over 2,000 boat migrants have crossed the English Channel this month, putting August on pace for a record number of alien arrivals.

The British government will scrap border requirements for passports for Afghan asylum seekers attempting to flee to Britain, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday.

Blinken announced a new program to help resettle Afghan refugees in the U.S. as part of Biden’s plans to end U.S. military involvement there.

In the first half of 2017, more than 600,000 Syrian refugees returned home from neighbouring countries, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Pakistan has launched a concerted campaign to push Afghan refugees out of the country, a move considered the “world’s largest unlawful” removal of refugees, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report that warns the move may further strain conflict between the two neighboring countries.

KABUL (AFP) – Germany deported a second batch of would-be Afghan refugees to Kabul Tuesday under a disputed Afghan-EU deal signed last October and aimed at curbing the influx of migrants.

A woman was left with damage to her cervical spine after she and her husband’s Halloween stroll with their children was interrupted by a savage attack by asylum seekers.

The U.S.backed government of Afghanistan and aid agencies are reportedly ill-prepared to receive the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees who have returned home from neighboring Pakistan and Iran as winter closes in and deteriorating security conditions uproot more Afghans across the country.

Over 250,000 Afghans who crossed into neighboring Pakistan illegally have been pressured into returning to their war and corruption-ravaged country along with their compatriots who were admitted into the country legally as refugees.

Video footage disseminated on social media appears to support reports that Afghan migrants in state sponsor of terrorism Iran have been recruited by the Shiite country’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to fight in Syria on behalf of dictator Bashar al-Assad.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Threatening letters from the Taliban, once tantamount to a death sentence, are now being forged and sold to Afghans who want to start a new life in Europe.

The regime in Tehran is recruiting Shiite refugees in neighboring Afghanistan and sending them into battle in defense of forces loyal to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

The government of Iran is reportedly exploiting Shiite refugees who have fled war-torn Afghanistan by coercing them to fight alongside forces loyal to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, often leading them to their demise.