Uganda welcomes 51 evacuees from Afghanistan
Capture of video showing the convoy carrying the first group of Afghan evacuees to Uganda on the way to the airport.
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The first plane from Afghanistan landed on Wednesday at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda.
51 people are being hosted in the country temporarily and many more evacuees are due to arrive in the coming days.
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With our correspondent in Kampala,
Lucie Mouillaud
In total, three buses surrounded by a convoy of the police, these are for the moment the only images of the 51 evacuees from Afghanistan who arrived this Wednesday morning in
Uganda
.
The Afghan refugees and some of them of other nationalities were accommodated in a hotel in Entebbe, near the international airport.
Their reception had been under discussion for more than a week between the Ugandan and American authorities.
More planes from Kabul are expected in the coming days.
In total, around 2,000 people are expected to be hosted temporarily in Uganda, before being sent to other countries, including the
United States.
It was also at the request of the American government that the Ugandan authorities agreed to receive these evacuees for a few months.
But at the same time, according to the Foreign Ministry, some
Ugandan nationals still stranded in Afghanistan
have not yet been able to be evacuated due to difficulties in gaining access to Kabul airport.
The ministry said it was organizing to allow them to take the next flight.
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