Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First and foremost, I want to thank all of the witnesses here with us tonight on this important study, which we all care about.
Mr. Mirzad, thank you for coming back to testify before the committee. I recall that you testified in June 2021 before the Subcommittee on International Human Rights. I was vice-chair at the time. Your testimony made an impression on me. One sentence in particular struck me, and that was when you stated that “the life of a Hazara in Afghanistan is that of a death row inmate living on borrowed time, awaiting an impending execution”.
That statement is even more true today. Moreover, it now describes the lives of the majority of Afghans, both Hazara and non-Hazara, who are fleeing the country.
Do these individuals turn to organizations like yours when they cross the border and seek refuge elsewhere?