Afghan evacuee flights from Germany, Qatar halted at the recommendation of CDC
The U.S. has been conducting screening and other processing of evacuees at those two main overseas sites and others after evacuating them from Afghanistan.
The halting of the flights is a problem for the United States in part because many of the evacuees already have been at the Ramstein military base longer than the 10-day limit Germany set in allowing the U.S. to use the country as a transit site. The U.S document viewed by the AP said the halt would"severely impact" operations at the U.S. base in Germany and have an"adverse effect" on the nearly 10,000 evacuees at Ramstein, many of whom have been there more than 10 days and are increasingly fatigued.The U.S. halted flights for Afghan refugees from Germany and Qatar to the U.S. on the recommendation of the CDC. Above, Afghan refugees are processed inside Hangar 5 at the Ramstein U.S.
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