Mexico Welcomes 124 Afghan Media Workers Fleeing Taliban

Mexican diplomats welcomed 124 refugees from Afghanistan who worked in media and as translators this week.

On Tuesday morning, Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard posted a video of him welcoming the refugees who worked primarily in Kabul and all are described as media workers.

On Monday evening, Ebrard also welcomed a group of women who were part of a robotics engineering group fleeing the Taliban.

As Breitbart Texas reported, Mexico’s government announced it would be welcoming Afghan refugees, primarily women and children, who sought humanitarian visas or asylum.

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