Afghan refugees within the U.S. with out authorized standing will probably be granted non permanent deportation reduction for the following 18 months, the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) introduced on Wednesday.

The Short-term Protected Standing (TPS) grant will probably be out there to Afghans who entered the U.S. after the evacuation of Afghanistan final yr. The grant additionally extends to susceptible Afghans who supported the U.S. army, diplomatic and humanitarian missions in Afghanistan over the previous twenty years, DHS mentioned in an announcement.

The US accepted greater than 75,000 Afghans who fled after the Taliban took over following U.S. troops withdrawing from Afghanistan after 20 years. Since then, the nation has had an ongoing humanitarian disaster with hundreds of thousands of folks going through hunger and a whole bunch of hundreds having misplaced their jobs.

"This TPS designation will assist to guard Afghan nationals who've already been dwelling in the US from returning to unsafe situations," Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas mentioned in an announcement.

TPS requires Afghans to be within the U.S. as of Tuesday and move a background verify to qualify for this system. About 72,500 Afghans who entered the U.S. below short-term safety, referred to as humanitarian parole, could possibly be eligible.

One other 2,000 Afghans who have been already within the U.S. on scholar, employment and vacationer visas, and might now not return to Afghanistan due to the Taliban takeover, can qualify for this system as effectively.

Refugees Granted Temporary Deportation Relief
Afghan refugees within the U.S. with out authorized standing will probably be granted non permanent deportation reduction for the following 18 months. Above, refugees disembark from a U.S. Air Drive airplane after an evacuation flight from Kabul on the Rota Naval Base in Rota, southern Spain, on August 31, 2021. Cristina Quicler/ AFP/Getty Photographs

About 40 % of Afghan refugees who have been admitted into the U.S. after final summer season would qualify for a particular immigration visa, which might result in everlasting residency. Nonetheless, buying the visa is a prolonged course of and refugees might lose their authorized residency standing whereas ready throughout their two years of humanitarian parole, the Related Press reported.

For a rustic to be have TPS standing within the U.S., it will need to have an armed battle, environmental catastrophe or extraordinary and non permanent situations. At present, 12 international locations have designated standing within the U.S., with Homeland Safety not too long ago including Ukrainian and Afghan refugees to the checklist, in response to the company.

Homeland Safety granted TPS standing for Ukraine on March 1, following Russia's invasion. Residents of Ukraine needed to be within the U.S. on March 1 to be eligible for cover.

Greater than 3 million folks have fled Ukraine because the starting of the conflict, with most getting into neighboring European international locations reminiscent of Poland, Romania and Moldova. Only a few refugees have been admitted into the US.

Replace 3/16/22, 12:07 p.m. ET: This text was up to date with further info.