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Tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees made it to the US – here's how the resettlement process works

  • Written by Kathryn Libal, Director, Human Rights Institute, Associate Prof. Social Work and Human Rights, University of Connecticut
imageMohammad Attaie and his wife, Deena, newly arrived from Afghanistan, get assistance from medical translator Jahannaz Afshar at the Valley Health Center TB/Refugee Program in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 9, 2021. AP Photo/Eric Risberg

As of February 2022, some 65,000 Afghans evacuated during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan have settled in U.S....

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