Searching for recent developments dealing with the movement of Afghan people, I found a disturbing article about people smuggling out of Afghanistan. 45 Corpses were found in a container on Saturday along with 65 survivors near Quetta, Pakistan. The Afghan migrants were driven across the Afghan-Pakistan border in a truck after bad weather prevented them from being flown. This incident needs to be understood by the international community and should not be brushed under a rug with the lives of victims of terrorism and war. These people were attempting to escape a country with the belief that there was hope at the end in Iran, according to the article. However reprehensible needless acts of violence really are, acts of negligence such as this where 45 men women and children have lost their lives should be seen as catastrophes. There is obviously something terribly wrong with where these people are fleeing and something needs to be done about it. I know that this is a very big "something" but what has been tested obviously is not working.
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It would be interesting to find out the policies that neighboring countries like Pakistan have towards accepting Afghani refugees. The fact that they would need to be smuggled into other countries suggests that Afghanistan's neighbors are reluctant to receive migrants. Another problem is that many of these countries do not have the resources to support refugees, and the U.S. may not be willing to give aid to these other countries (like Pakistan) for refugees because of other political issues. Would it be in our best interest to invest in domestic aid in Afghanistan or international aid, despite the political associations within these other countries?
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