Latin American countries offer to help displaced people from Afghanistan

Where are the Afghan refugees going now?

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The international community has seen with anguish the seizure of power in Afghanistan in the hands of the Taliban, given its history of oppression against women and girls, and against anyone who violates its law.

Countries around the world have begun evacuating their citizens in Afghanistan, and those Afghans who worked with their forces abroad.

Among these is Uruguay, which reported the evacuation to Germany of two Uruguayan humanitarian workers who were volunteers of the NGO Shelter Now International.

Likewise, Argentina said on Wednesday that there were no Argentines left in Kabul, after evacuating to Uzbekistan, bound for Germany, a couple of Argentines who worked for an NGO.

However, concern for Afghan women and girls who could be left behind amid the Taliban regime has prompted several Latin American governments to offer humanitarian aid.

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Ecuador

"The risk of a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan should be a cause for alert to the entire international community, regardless of our geographical situation," Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso tweeted on Thursday.

Lasso affirmed that "moments like this" make it necessary to extend the collaboration to "uphold universal values ​​such as solidarity, human rights, especially of women, children and people in vulnerability, as well as fundamental individual freedoms."

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Thus, Ecuador will join efforts to provide protection and humanitarian aid to families displaced by the situation in Afghanistan, especially to women who evacuate with their children.

No further details were given on the number of people who would be welcomed in Ecuador.

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chili

Chile has also done it, which, according to the president, Sebastián Piñera, said at a press conference, will help those Afghan citizens who have dedicated themselves to promoting women's rights and who feel threatened.

With the help of the NGO International Front Line Defenders, Chile pledged to receive about 10 Afghan families. 

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Piñera said that the sister of an Afghan who is studying at the University of Chile will also attend.

In addition, the president added: "The political crisis that Afghanistan is experiencing is of gigantic proportions and we are seeing it every day.

And that shows us something: it is very easy to destroy democratic institutions and it is very difficult to build democratic institutions ”.

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Costa Rica

At the request of the UN Population Fund, Costa Rica reported on Wednesday that it is willing to offer humanitarian shelter to 48 Afghan women who have been associated with the United Nations in Afghanistan.

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Mexico

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That same day, the Foreign Minister of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, said that the Mexican government began processing asylum applications for Afghan refugees, especially women and girls.

The minister did not elaborate on how many refugees Mexico plans to host, but said the Mexican ambassador to Iran is helping to process applications from Afghan citizens.

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With information from Ana Cucalón, Florencia Trucco, Gerardo Lemos and Philip Wang.

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