仏、タリバン政権下で「身の危険ある」女性５人の退避支援

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】仏移民局のディディエ・レシー局長は、アフガニスタンのイスラム主義組織タリバンに抑圧され、「身の危険がある」同国の女性５人を航空機でフランスに退避させたとＡＦＰに明らかにした。４日にパリに到着するという。（写真はアフガニスタンの首都カブールで、少女を連れて歩く女性〈資料写真〉）
　レシー氏によれば、「アフガニスタン社会で要職にあるか、欧米人と緊密にやり取りをしている女性」に対し、特別な配慮をするよう大統領令が出されている。今回、パリに到着する５人は、大学の元理事、ＮＧＯの元顧問、元テレビ司会者、アフガニスタンの首都カブールでひそかに運営されている学校の教師らで、うち１人は子ども３人を伴っている。
　いずれも、２０２１年にタリバンが復権した際に西側諸国に飛行機で退避できず、隣国パキスタンに一時逃れた。その後、フランス当局が避難する手はずを整えたという。
　レシー氏は、フランス入国後は住まいが用意され、難民認定申請の手続きが行われると説明した。
　同様の経歴を持つアフガニスタン人女性には、今後も同様の措置が取られる可能性が高いとしている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/09/05-16:21）

France on Monday was due to receive five Afghan women threatened by the Taliban after repeated requests it create a humanitarian corridor for women shut out of public life, an official said.
Since returning to power in August 2021, Taliban authorities have imposed a strict interpretation of Islam, with women bearing the brunt of laws the United Nations has labelled gender apartheid.
Women and girls have been banned from attending high school and university as well as barred from visiting parks, fairs and gymnasiums.
They have also mostly been blocked from working for UN agencies or NGOs, with thousands sacked from government jobs or paid to stay at home.
French immigration authority chief Didier Leschi told AFP that by presidential order, special attention is being paid to women who are primarily threatened by the Taliban because they have held important positions in Afghan society... or have close contacts with Westerners.
This is the case for five women who will arrive today, Leschi said.
The women include a former university director, an ex-NGO consultant, a former television presenter, and a teacher at a secret school in Kabul.
One of the women was accompanied by three children.
The women had been unable to leave Afghanistan on airlifts to Western countries when the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
They fled to neighbouring Pakistan where they sought temporary refuge. From there, the French authorities organised their evacuation, Leschi said.
Once they arrive in France, they will be registered as asylum seekers and given housing while their applications for refugee status are considered, Leschi said.
- 'Hard fight' for visas -
Leschi said that such evacuations were likely to be repeated for other Afghan women with a similar profile.
However, Delphine Rouilleault, the head of the France Terre D'Asile NGO working for refugees, said the evacuations were not the fruit of a political decision but gained after a hard fight to obtain visas for them.
The women will be initially housed in a centre run by her organisation, which has been rallying for months for the evacuation of more Afghan women facing a similar situation.
Rouilleault said hundreds of Afghan women were hiding in Pakistan.
In the middle of 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron had pledged that France would be by the side of Afghans. French authorities say nearly 16,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since then.
An NGO working for Afghan refugees and asylum seekers, Accueillir les Afghanes, in April deplored that Afghan women, especially those who were single, had been largely abandoned and asked Paris to put in place an emergency programme to take them in.