base in Kosovo because they were flagged as possibly having ties to terrorist groups. officials say of the thousands who went through Ramstein Air Base in Germany, only a small number are being detained and sent to a U.S. After leaving Afghanistan, refugees traveled through the Middle East before arriving at one of several U.S. So we're really running a small village here."Īfghan evacuees line up at the U.S. "They're running three shifts a day 24/7. "There are hundreds of State Department, DOD, USAID and TSA in this building at any one time," says Tressa Rae Finerty, deputy executive secretary at the State Department, who runs the massive effort. This welcoming center is the first step of a long journey of starting their lives in the U.S. NPR got an exclusive look inside the largest one, near Dulles International Airport in Virginia. military left Afghanistan in what ended up being a hasty and chaotic exit to a 20-year war, thousands of Afghans have been airlifted to processing centers in the United States. There are stacks of pillows and blankets, and soldiers and government workers walk through the crowd of men and women in traditional garb. It's wall to wall with cots and now includes a medical center and cafeteria - serving halal food - for the steady stream of people.
Now the cavernous center hosts thousands of Afghan refugees. The Dulles Expo Center outside Washington, D.C., is usually reserved for home and garden or gun shows. Air Force base in Europe, has hosted thousands of Afghans.
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