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Jewish groups urge government to come up with refugee plan for Afghanistan

Chaotic scenes unfolded at Kabul's international airport with thousands of people trying to board aircrafts that were evacuating diplomatic staff

August 16, 2021 13:55
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TOPSHOT - Afghan passengers sit as they wait to leave the Kabul airport in Kabul on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city's airport trying to flee the group's feared hardline brand of Islamist rule. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Jewish Council for Racial Equality has called on the UK government to announce "a comprehensive" plan to help refugees who wish to escape Afghanistan. 

Their plea comes as the Taliban, an Islamist militia, has swept to power in the country. 

In a statement JCORE said: "It views with increasing concern the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Afghanistan. We urge our government to formulate and announce specific plans for a comprehensive programme to assist in the evacuation and resettlement of Afghan refugees into the UK."

Meanwhile World Jewish Relief said it was "deeply concerned by the situation in Afghanistan," and "urge the Government to commit to a sizeable resettlement programme."

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