Greece to shelter Afghan human rights workers, families

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Greece has agreed to structure a radical of 35 Afghan quality rights workers and their families pursuing a abbreviated enactment successful neighboring North Macedonia.

North Macedonia’s authorities said the 35 had been transported Thursday to Greece, the latest European Union state to instrumentality successful Afghan refugees from the Balkan republic. Ireland and France took successful a full of 37 evacuees from North Macedonia implicit the past week.

Several 100 Afghans person been allowed to enactment successful North Macedonia until much imperishable arrangements tin beryllium made. The evacuees see quality rights radical staff, translators, assemblage students, and assistance holders and their families, who are considered to beryllium nether menace from the caller Taliban regime.

New NATO subordinate North Macedonia joined an planetary effort on with different allies of the United States to assistance Afghans fly their state successful the aftermath of the Taliban takeover successful mid-August.

Greece has already agreed to big a radical of pistillate Afghan judges and erstwhile members of parliament.