Welcoming Afghans
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A makeshift refugee camp at the US military base in Ramstein, Germany, September 1, 2021. AP - Markus Schreiber
By: Juliette Rengeval Follow
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Since the fall of the Afghan capital in mid-August, the Americans and their allies have evacuated over 123,000 Afghans according to the Pentagon.
Most of the EU countries took part in these evacuations, France up to 2,600 people.
Italy 4,800, Germany 5,200 to name the main ones.
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But with the return of the Taliban to power the UN expects half a million Afghans to leave their country ... this is the organization's high estimate, but whatever their number is what a welcome for these refugees? In Greece, the authorities are clear, there is no question of letting in undocumented Afghans ... And the country has just completed the extension of a 40-kilometer wall on its border with Turkey. The Afghans in Greece are trying to make the population aware of the plight of their compatriots. Report in Athens,
Joël Bronner
.
And in
Brussels
, voices were raised to point out the unpreparedness and the division of the 27 on the reception to be reserved for the Afghans - despite the experience of the war in Syria. If some countries are better prepared than others, if some had started even before the fall of Kabul to evacuate Afghans in need of protection, the European countries succeed in finding unanimity on the Afghan question only on the subject of securing their borders Details from our correspondent in Brussels
Pierre Benazet.
In 15 days the
United Kingdom
welcomed 8,000 Afghans - accompanied by their families - mostly people who worked for the British army. According to Boris Johnson this corresponds to phase 1 of operations. Prime Minister refuses to say how many eligible people have yet to be evacuated, but organizations and MPs say hundreds, if not thousands of Afghans who cooperated with the British are in danger and waiting to leave the country. In London, an association compiles files .... This is a report by our correspondent
Marie Billon
.
Some small European countries immediately opened their doors to Afghan exiles, but in a very specific context linked to their relationship with the United States ... this is the case of Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. North.
The explanations of
Louis Seiller.
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