The Taliban government must not be recognised, and people whose lives are in danger should be given a humanitarian visa, the organisers of the protest urge. In addition, Afghans who are already in Luxembourg should be given refugee status.
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The most important thing now is to help the people who are in danger and to normalise the situation of those who are already here, says Farid Azizi of Afghan-Lux Community Outreach.
Azizi does not accept Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn's argument that a European solution should be found for those who have been refused international protection. Azizi thinks that Luxembourg, as an independent country, does not have to wait for others to act - at least not for the refugee crisis.
According to official statistics, there are around 700 Afghans living in Luxembourg, but Afghan-Lux Community Outreach estimates that the number is closer to 1,500 to 1,800. Even before the Taliban took power, no one was sent back to Afghanistan, but it was really hard for those without refugee status to find work.
Azizi feels that he also has a hard time finding work, despite his papers proving his international protection status. If he is already refused with papers, how hard is it without them?
He continues by expressing his gratitude and his luck to be here in Luxembourg. He arrived in 2015; today he works for a party and has just graduated in economics. Nevertheless, he still wouldn't have the best life as a refugee.
He points out that refugees have no right to have a carpet in their own room. No armchair, no carpet - that is forbidden. A ridiculous rule. After all, they are human beings, he says.
Farid Azizi also pleads for support for resistance against the Taliban in Afghanistan - the country should be saved, not left to the terrorists.
