{"id":49032,"date":"2021-08-24T13:33:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T09:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=49032"},"modified":"2021-08-24T13:55:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T09:55:18","slug":"evacuations-of-20000-afghan-refugees-by-the-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/evacuations-of-20000-afghan-refugees-by-the-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"The UAE Is Being Commended For Assisting In The Evacuation Of 20,000+ Foreigners From Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the US President Joe Biden to Peeni Henare, Minister of Defence of New Zealand and French foreign ministers, gratitude has been pouring in from leaders across the world for the UAE&#8217;s impressive efforts in helping evacuate diplomats and foreigners\u00a0from <a href=\"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/search?_sf_s=Afghanistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USPresident?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USPresident<\/a> thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UAE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UAE<\/a> for facilitating evacuation operations in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WamNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WamNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b4yhL80glW\">https:\/\/t.co\/b4yhL80glW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S5VXAbBvlC\">pic.twitter.com\/S5VXAbBvlC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WAM English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WAMNEWS_ENG\/status\/1429378534506733569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">About 8,500 foreign nationals have utilized UAE aircraft and airports to flee from Afghanistan since the beginning of August when the Taliban besieged the capital<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Evacuations have been facilitated for 12,022 nationals and diplomats from the UK, USA, France, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Latvia, Spain and Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Up to today, the UAE has facilitated the evacuation of 20,522 people from Afghanistan&#8221;<\/em>, confirmed Afra Al Hameli, Deputy Director of Strategic Communications at the UAE&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Up to today, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UAE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UAE<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0has facilitated the evacuation of 20,522 people from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a>.  (Facilitated evacuation of \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd: 12,022;<br \/>Foreign nationals utilized UAE aircraft\/airports from Afghanistan beginning of August: 8,500)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Afra Al Hameli (@AfraMalHameli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfraMalHameli\/status\/1429982729974820869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>An emergency G-7 meeting has been called to a session to address the situation in Afghanistan and whether or not advanced economies will officially recognise the Taliban regime<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The UAE\u00a0\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea has facilitated the evacuation of 20,522 people from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a> till date. This is a testimony of the UAE\u2019s strategic importance and strong reliability.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0633\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HSajwanization\/status\/1430036487312224274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Following the USA, the UAE ranks second in the number of people evacuated by the country on a global index<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UAE walks the talk \u2026 \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffc\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AfghanistanCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AfghanistanCrisis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/brBpm5GN9g\">pic.twitter.com\/brBpm5GN9g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0633\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HSajwanization\/status\/1429896172995493889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Watch the Lovin Show: Remote Learning In Dubai Private Schools To End In 2 Months<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Remote Learning In Dubai Private Schools To End In 2 Months\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gay9B2ATv3s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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(Facilitated evacuation of \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd: 12,022;<br \/>Foreign nationals utilized UAE aircraft\/airports from Afghanistan beginning of August: 8,500)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Afra Al Hameli (@AfraMalHameli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfraMalHameli\/status\/1429982729974820869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<h2>An emergency G-7 meeting has been called to a session to address the situation in Afghanistan and whether or not advanced economies will officially recognise the Taliban regime<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"embed_block","embed_item":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The UAE\u00a0\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea has facilitated the evacuation of 20,522 people from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a> till date. 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