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Afghanistan: a hundred journalists and their families welcomed in Mexico

2021-08-25T14:48:37.660Z


A group of 124 people, journalists from Afghanistan and their families, were received Wednesday August 25 in Mexico, announced the ministry ...


A group of 124 people, journalists from Afghanistan and their families, were received Wednesday August 25 in Mexico, announced the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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These are people who risk their lives to inform, who are attached to the freedom of expression, the freedom and the independence of the press

", declared the Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard during a ceremony in Mexico City airport in the presence of the refugees.

The group, made up of journalists from various Afghan media in Kabul, arrived in Mexico after a 20-hour flight from Doha on a Qatar Air Force plane, which was also carrying children, according to images released by the Mexican ministry. Foreign Affairs.

Hours earlier, Mexico had hosted five young Afghan women from an internationally award-winning robotics team, all evacuated after the Taliban seized power.

Mexico has a long tradition of hosting political refugees. Politicians persecuted during the Franco dictatorship in Spain or in South American countries have notably in the past found refuge in this country. Mexico announced a few days ago that it was processing refugee claims from Afghans, especially women and girls, after the Taliban took control of Kabul following the withdrawal of US troops.

Source: lefigaro

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