Trump plans to relocate more than a thousand Afghan refugees to Congo

Yasamin Wed Apr 2026 5 months ago 634

These refugees were transferred to the Qatar camp by the Biden administration after the fall of Kabul and were supposed to be relocated to the United States after completing their vetting processes. However, the Trump administration announced in January that it intended to close the camp but provided no explanation regarding the fate of its residents.


Sean Vandiver, head of the organization "Afghan Evac," told the New York Times that the refugees have been given two options: return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule or be transferred to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country experiencing one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises. Vandiver added: "It seems their goal is to return Afghan refugees to a place where they know they will face the risk of death."


According to reports, after months of negotiations, the Trump administration recently signed an agreement with Congo to accept these refugees, which also includes $50 million in assistance to the United Nations refugee agency.


Earlier, the Wall Street Journal had also reported that the United States was considering transferring Afghan refugees to two African countries and one Asian country, and that an amount between $1,200 and $4,500 has been offered to each refugee in Qatar to return to Afghanistan.


The United Nations says that more than 600,000 refugees, mostly from Central Africa and Rwanda, are currently present in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and human rights activists have warned that the country lacks the capacity to accept more refugees.


A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department has also accused the Biden administration of rushing the transfer of Afghan refugees to the United States and stated that Trump is seeking alternative options for the remaining refugees outside the United States.

The New York Times, citing its own sources, has reported that Donald Trump, President of the United States, has a plan to transfer approximately 1,100 Afghan refugees, including 400 children, from the Al Udeid camp in Qatar to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This group includes U.S. Army interpreters, former commandos, and family members of Afghan-American soldiers.

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