Petition to Fully Reinstate Afghan Fulbright Scholar Program
In January 2022, the U.S. Dept. of State suspended the Fulbright Scholar Program in Afghanistan for security reasons, effectively stranding the 140 semifinalists who had been waiting for months for news. In March, the DoS partially reinstated the program to allow interviews to go forward in April and June, but the start date would not be until Summer or Fall 2023, and still pending improvements in conditions in Afghanistan.
The talented students applying to become Fulbright Scholars are in danger from the Taliban every day the United States delays this program. Please join the student chapters of the International Refugee Assistance Project in supporting a petition to request that the DoS fully reinstate the program this year, and release more information about the security concerns they believe are barriers to bringing these Afghan students here to study.
https://www.change.org/p/fully-reinstate-the-afghan-fulbright-scholar-program
