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Afghan Refugees Fearing Taliban Revenge Arrive in Hungary

MTI-Hungary Today 2021.08.23.

A total of 96 Afghan citizens who faced threats following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan because they had cooperated with Hungary and its allies arrived in Röszke, and were accommodated at a facility managed by immigration authority, the interior ministry said on Monday.

The oldest person in the group is 64 and the youngest was born 144 days ago, the ministry said.

They are all in official quarantine and the Hungarian state will provide for them. They have received food and basic health and hygiene packages and clothing, the ministry added.

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Orbán said that Afghans whose lives are in danger because they have cooperated with Hungary over the past 15-20 years would also be evacuated.Continue reading

In the featured photo illustration: Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. Photo by MTI/AP/Rahmat Gul


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