Why do Afghan refugees go to Europe instead of China?

From the Soviet invasion in 1979 to the American withdrawal in August 20021,Afghanistan experienced 42 years of war. The 42-year war brought millions of refugees to Afghanistan. So, where did all these refugees go? In fact, refugees are mainly concentrated in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The friend asked why Afghan refugees went to Europe instead of China. This is because refugees are concentrated in refugee camps on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which are recognized and funded by UNHCR. At the same time, it needs to be corrected that these refugees are not "going to Europe" as this friend said.

We need to make it clear that China is doing its best to help.

On the one hand, it directly helped the refugees. 1979 After the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, a large number of Afghan refugees fled south to the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan and were blocked. They still stay at the border between China and Afghanistan. China once opened its borders and temporarily accepted more than 60,000 Afghan refugees. Later, it was necessary to arrange an escort to the refugee camp between Pakistan and Afghanistan. At that time, more than 10,000 Afghan Kyrgyz and Tajik refugees were naturalized in China and stayed in Xinjiang. After "9. 1 1", China, like other neighboring countries, immediately closed the China-Arab border, which was not wide.

On the other hand, China has provided a lot of humanitarian aid to Afghan refugees and a lot of aid materials including weapons and equipment to the Afghan resistance movement. Since 1980s, China has not recognized the puppet regime of Afghanistan supported by the Soviet Union, but has always supported the anti-aggression struggle of the Afghan people and provided a lot of material assistance to Afghan refugees living in Pakistan. During the period of 1980- 1990, China provided food, medicine, daily necessities and other materials worth 23.55 million yuan to Afghan refugees and1500,000 US dollars in cash, and trained medical personnel for Afghan resistance organizations.

? ? Let's talk about why refugees are concentrated in the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan. From 1979 to 1989, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, causing about 5 million Afghan refugees to flee their homes, mainly in Peshawar, Pakistan. Pakistan has long allowed Afghan refugees fleeing the war to enter freely, and many Pakistani relief organizations and volunteers have been helping Pashtuns in Afghanistan for many years.

First, blood is thicker than water. Pashtuns are the main ethnic group in Afghanistan, but the number of Pashtuns as a minority in Pakistan exceeds that in Afghanistan. Both sides of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan are Pashtuns who speak the same language.

Second, Pakistan has the longest border with Afghanistan and is closest to Kabul and Kandahar provinces.

Third, the United Nations combines hard and soft, and money and food help each other.

Therefore, Pakistan allowed the influx of Afghan refugees, thus concentrating on the refugee camps between Pakistan and Afghanistan. During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Pakistan was called "Afghan refugee paradise".

200 1 After the United States launched the war in Afghanistan, a large number of refugees continued to flood into Pakistan. On 6 March 2003, Pakistan, UNHCR and Afghanistan signed an agreement on the voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees. ?