NEW DELHI—Mohamad Qais Malikzada, 41, has been in India for more than six years with his wife and three children. During that time, he has been waiting for refugee status from the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), which he claims will allow him to immigrate to either the United States or Canada, where he has relatives.
He has been one of the thousands protesting outside UNHCR’s office in New Delhi since Aug. 22, demanding that the closed cases of Afghan asylum-seekers be opened without “conditions and regulation,” that refugee cards issued to long-pending cases, and that permanent resettlement in other countries be fast-tracked.
