Uganda receives its first flight of evacuees from Afghanistan
The country has long welcomed refugees, but politics is also at play
NO SOONER HAD the Taliban marched into Kabul than politicians in Uganda, a mere 5,000km away, were readying for the arrival of evacuees from Afghanistan. “The world will look at Uganda as a reliable partner,” explained one cabinet minister. Another said that evacuees would bring business for local hotels. A third joked, grotesquely, about how Ugandan men were praying for the safe landing of beautiful Afghan women.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Willing hosts”
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