Just one of those periodic reminders of the absolute chaos in Aug 2021 with evac of #HKIA airport in #Afghanistan. I keep renewing http://hkia.info because I want it to stand as a small symbol of what went down. #AfghanEvac

Powerful story. Deep in, this shameful context.
Roughly 52,000 Afghans have applied for a program called humanitarian parole. As of mid-April, just 760 people had been approved.
By comparison, more than 300,000 Ukrainians arrived in the US under various programs in just over a year.
“I don’t understand why the world has had their arms so open to Ukrainians and so closed to Afghans,” said Shawn VanDiver, U.S. Navy veteran who started #AfghanEvac. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/world/americas/darien-gap-afghan-migration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Retired military leaders press Congress to pass Afghan resettlement bill

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/18/afghanistan-adjustment-act-military-generals/

#AfghanEvac #Afghanistan