Tallinn open to small number of Afghan refugees

Estonia, seeing the growing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, has offered accepting up to ten refugees from the troubled South Asian country.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas stated on Tuesday, August 17, that the country is willing to contribute to solving the growing crisis after Estonia’s involvement in the US-led War in Afghanistan.

«As a country, we want to contribute to the resolution of the humanitarian crisis that has broken out in Afghanistan. As things stand, Estonia is ready to offer refugee status to up to 10 people. Specifically, people whose lives have been threatened in their home country due to cooperation with the European Union or NATO and their immediate family members,» ERR quoted the Estonian Prime Minister as saying.

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