2023-05-04 13:55:06

Biden Admin Urged to Accept Afghan Families Who Have Languished in Greece for Over 18 Months

We speak with Jumana Abo Oxa, project manager at the Greek refugee project, Elpida Home, who is in Washington, D.C., where she is meeting with Biden administration officials and lawmakers in an effort to seek help for 82 families, including many women parliamentarians, who evacuated from Afghanistan but have been stuck in Greece for over a year and a half.

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