Afghanistan: 2,000 Afghan journalists want to be evacuated: IFJ

KABUL, 30 August 2021, (TON): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says “it has received evacuation applications from over 2,000 Afghan journalists.”

The largest global body of journalists, IFJ said “it had approached the Taliban to arrange safe passage for Afghan media workers from the Kabul airport.”

AFJ Deputy Secretary-General Jeremy Dear said that they had already received the applications from Afghan media workers through affiliated organisations.

He said “the IFJ has approached different European countries, including Spain, North Macedonia, France, Mexico, Italy, Germany, the UK, the US and Canada to issue visas and assist with evacuation of Afghan journalists.”

However, he explained, no country was ready to accept more than 10-15 journalists. With applications received daily, he added the number was constantly rising.

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