The mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina, said on Saturday that the city is ready to receive the Afghan people who need it, as a sign of solidarity and humanism with this community, affected after the return of the Taliban to power in the your country.
The local president’s statement comes after President Iván Duc revealed that nearly 4,000 Afghan citizens will arrive in the country, temporarily, at the request of the United States.
“I think it is one of the most significant and important decisions the National Government has taken. To receive the Afghan community is to express solidarity, humanism, support for a suffering community and of course Cali would be willing to receive an Afghan community that does so. you need it, ”Mayor Ospina said.
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Asked about the place where the refugees would be received, the head of the local Executive has only stated that the necessary hostels and spaces will be adapted with the support of the National Administration and the international community.
It should be noted that President Duc said on Friday that in the coming days the US government will provide details on the temporary stay of Afghans in Colombian territory, and clarified that the northern nation will bear all the costs involved in receiving the migrants in the country.
“Cali, Mr. President, with the greatest of tastes would welcome this Afghan community. This is resilience, adaptation, solidarity, humanism,” Ospina stressed.