Afghan refugees speak for CAA

While people are protesting against CAA in different parts of India, the people who ran away from Afghanistan during the 90s after the rise of Taliban said that they are thankful to the government of India for passed CAA. Even they have appealed to the whole country to stop protesting against the Act as it is not going to have any negative impact on them.

New Delhi: While everywhere in India people come out on street to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the people who ran away from Afghanistan during the 90s after the rise of Taliban said that they are thankful to the government of India for CAA.

In an exclusive interview with ETV Bharat these people who even a few weeks ago were recognized as International refugees, expressed their tranquillity for getting permanent relief from an identity crisis.

They said that they had good business and life in Afghanistan, but in the 90s after the rise of Taliban, they had to leave the country to come to India.

Though the United Nations recognized them as International refugees the help and funds were taken back.

After the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has been passed and became an Act, they will now be officially recognised as Indian citizens and no more to live the life of an invisible refugee.

While asking about the CAA protest across the country, they appealed the whole country to stop protesting against the Act as it is not going to have any negative impact on them.

They claimed Hindus and Sikhs in the '80s and '90s contributed roughly about 25% to Afghanistan's economy but to save their faith and family they had to leave their country.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed in both Lok Sabha and in Rajya Sabha during the winter session of the Parliament on December this year. Later President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, turning it into an Act.