Afghanistan crisis: UAE to temporarily shelter 5,000 Afghan refugees
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The United Arab Emirates has agreed to host 5000 Afghan nationals evacuated from Afghanistan on their way to third countries. The UAE officials added that the Afghan evacuees would arrive in the UAE on US aircraft in the upcoming days.
New Delhi: The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Friday (August 20, 2021) said it will temporarily host 5,000 Afghan citizens evacuated from the country following the seizure of Kabul by the Taliban Islamist movement. "The United Arab Emirates has agreed to host 5000 Afghan nationals evacuated from Afghanistan on their way to third countries. The UAE`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced that, following a request from the United States, it would host the Afghans on a temporary basis, after which time they would travel on to other nations," the ministry said in a statement on late Friday. The UAE officials added that the Afghan evacuees would arrive in the UAE on US aircraft in the upcoming days.More Related News