Italy has already started to receive Afghan refugees, unlike other countries on the continent.
Europe is divided once again on helping refugees. Some countries, like Austria, have closed their eyes and borders to Afghan suffering. Greece completed walls, which it had already been building on the borders with Turkey, to prevent the entry of those fleeing conflicts not only in Afghanistan, but also in Syria and Iraq.
But there are nations that welcome Afghans with open arms. Like Italy, which is preparing to shelter 5. They undergo a medical examination and will be in line for a humanitarian visa. The Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, defends a common, urgent response from the European Union.
In Munich, an association of Afghan women is discussing ways to help those who arrive in Germany, and they say: “I don't want to stay at home anymore, I fought hard for that. I’d rather die on the street than at home.”
The captain of Afghanistan's Paralympic basketball team, Nilofar Bayat, is now safe in Spain. At the age of 2, a Taliban rocket left her in a wheelchair. Everything she and her husband had remained in Kabul. Bayat fears that all of the country's achievements over the past 20 years will be lost.
Photographer Massoud Hossaini was welcomed in the Netherlands. He warns that the Taliban will commit atrocities as they consolidate power.
The journalist considers that the abrupt withdrawal of the United States gave rise to the idea that the Taliban had won, and that this could inspire extremists in other countries to finance terrorist actions and bring fear back to European and American cities. (JN)
