U.S. to Provide Afghan Evacuees Aid of Up to $2,275 Each
- State Department to provide stipends for food, housing, school
- ‘We’ve never done anything like this,’ agency chief says
A refugee from Afghanistan holds a baby on a bus after arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, on Aug. 31.
Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
The Biden administration and more than 200 private agencies are rushing to establish a system for the resettlement of tens of thousands of Afghans, many of whom fled their country with little more than the clothes they were wearing.
The State Department plans to spend as much as $2,275 for each evacuee as the relocation effort unfolds in communities across the country over the next few months, according to a department official. The money is to be used for housing, food, other necessities and enrolling children in school.
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U.S. to Provide Afghan Evacuees Aid of Up to $2,275 Each