{"id":738828,"date":"2021-09-10T18:06:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T22:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=738828"},"modified":"2021-09-10T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T22:06:08","slug":"afghan-refugee-flights-from-two-us-bases-overseas-stopped-due-to-health-and-safety-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-refugee-flights-from-two-us-bases-overseas-stopped-due-to-health-and-safety-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Refugee Flights From Two US Bases Overseas Stopped Due To \u2018Health And Safety Concerns\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafghan-refugee-flights-from-two-us-bases-overseas-stopped-due-to-health-and-safety-concerns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=738828&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Afghan-Refugees-Dulles.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Efforts to resettle thousands of Afghan refugees in the United States have met new challenges as evacuation flights out of two American processing facilities abroad have been stopped.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The pause on flights, instituted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, was based on \u201chealth safety concerns,\u201d according to an agency document reviewed by the Associated Press. According to the news outlet, the decision followed recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to halt evacuation flights.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The AP also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-middle-east-united-states-germany-qatar-c080438e543c19106e5143809a1289e9\"><span>reported <\/span><\/a><span>that U.S. officials say the pause will \u201chave a severe impact on the evacuation operation.\u201d The processing centers are located at Ramstein Air Base in Germany and another base in Qatar.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe halting of the flights is a problem for the United States in part because many of the evacuees already have been at the Ramstein military base longer than the 10-day limit Germany set in allowing the U.S. to use the country as a transit site,\u201d the AP noted.<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During and following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan at the end of August, these bases were just two of the staging areas used to process refugees for resettlement. Many of the refugees are expected to be moved to various locations around the U.S.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The AP report noted that there were about 10,000 refugees at Ramstein awaiting resettlement and that officials said the pause would have an \u201cadverse effect\u201d on them. The reasons for the CDC\u2019s \u201chealth and safety concerns\u201d were not given.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/americans-turned-away-from-hospital-as-afghan-refugees-take-priority\"><span>detailed<\/span><\/a><span> by The Daily Wire on Wednesday, there has already been a swell of Afghan refugees into the Northern Virginia area. The influx has reportedly caused an increase of patients at local hospitals, resulting in some native-born Americans being denied admission.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA hospital near the Dulles Expo Center that federal officials designated as a go-to spot for medical treatment began running out of available beds, forcing the hospital to turn away non-Afghan patients who weren\u2019t in need of critical care,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/afghan-crisis-wreaking-havoc-on-northern-virginia-hospitals-due-to-lack-of-federal-planning-local-officials-say\/2021\/09\/07\/5642a2aa-0fef-11ec-bc8a-8d9a5b534194_story.html\"><span>The Washington Post<\/span><\/a><span> reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) released a statement on the matter saying that he \u201cwill continue to do everything he can to ensure that Virginia\u2019s hospitals \u2014 many of which are already strained with covid-19 patients \u2014 have the resources they need to care for our communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other processing centers are also dealing with refugee health issues. For example, Fort McCoy Army Base in Wisconsin has seen more than two dozen coronavirus infections and at least one case of measles among Afghan refugees transported there.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSince the identification of the case, no other guests have been diagnosed with measles,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/wsj\/news\/local\/fort-mccoy-has-had-1-measles-case-more-than-a-dozen-covid-19-cases-among\/article_6cada19a-deb3-5e38-abd9-b0b482af972a.html\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> Cheryl Phillips, a spokeswoman for the task force overseeing refugees at the fort. \u201cThe rapid response at Fort McCoy reflects careful preparation and strong interagency collaboration aimed at meeting the needs of our guests, including the management of infectious disease.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Wisconsin State Journal <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/wsj\/news\/local\/fort-mccoy-has-had-1-measles-case-more-than-a-dozen-covid-19-cases-among\/article_6cada19a-deb3-5e38-abd9-b0b482af972a.html\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that as of Thursday, refugees were still being sent to Fort McCoy for processing, but that no new updates about the number of refugees at the fort would be given.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">counter-cultural<\/span>&nbsp;outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1615934302565000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHOV8alRjqO61ImZWCRpqOILgWzkg\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts to resettle thousands of Afghan refugees in the United States have met new challenges as evacuation flights out of two American processing facilities abroad have been stopped.\u00a0The pause on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-738828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}