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Afghanistan crisis: Airbnb wants to offer apartments for up to 20,000 refugees

2021-08-24T13:38:54.211Z


Thousands of people fled Afghanistan from the Taliban. The company Airbnb would now like to help some of them with temporary accommodation - and hopes for the cooperation of the landlords.


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Apartments for refugees: Airbnb launches emergency program

Photo: LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP

The accommodation portal Airbnb wants to temporarily provide free accommodation for up to 20,000 Afghan refugees.

The company boss Brian Chesky announced on Twitter.

The situation of refugees in the US and elsewhere in the world was "one of the greatest humanitarian crises" of the time, he wrote.

The offer is financed by the company management itself and through donations.

In doing so, however, you have to rely on the "generosity" of the hosts, explained Chesky, and Airbnb will only pay for the offer.

On Twitter, he asked interested landlords to contact the platform if they would like to offer shelter to an Afghan family.

The company did not provide any information about the length of a possible stay.

Offers in case of natural disasters

The accommodation portal has been offering its hosts the opportunity to temporarily offer their accommodation for a good cause free of charge since 2012, for example in the event of natural disasters or the escape from conflict areas.

The program was launched in response to Hurricane Sandy when more than 1,000 people in New York needed shelter.

Last weekend, the company said it had already found temporary accommodation for 165 people who fled Afghanistan.

According to the US government, around 50,000 foreign and Afghan citizens have fled Afghanistan via Kabul airport since the Taliban came to power.

AFP / rai

Source: spiegel

All business articles on 2021-08-24

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