US President Joe Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez have agreed to use two military bases in southern Spain to accommodate Afghans who have served for the US government.
During a 25-minute phone call on Saturday night, Biden and Sanchez agreed that migrants from Afghanistan might be housed in Moron de la Frontera near Seville and Rota near Cadiz until their journey to other countries could be organized.
The Spanish government announced in a statement on Sunday that “Pedro Sanchez and Joe Biden agreed to utilize the bases of Moron and Rota to shelter Afghans who served with the US while in transit to other countries.”
Sanchez tweeted on Saturday:
“I have just had a meaningful conversation with President Joe Biden in which we have addressed several topics of common interest, particularly the situation in Afghanistan and the collaboration between our governments in the evacuation of citizens from that country.”
A plane carrying 110 Afghan refugees and their families arrived at a Spain-based European Union hub at a military base outside Madrid on Saturday night, including 36 people who had worked for the U.S. administration in Afghanistan.
The base is being used to host Afghan refugees who worked with the European Union and their families who will then move to other EU countries.
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