{"id":14685,"date":"2021-09-02T21:06:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T21:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/02\/one-afghan-evacuee-in-custody-as-european-bases-process-38000-evacuees\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:03:43","slug":"one-afghan-evacuee-in-custody-as-european-bases-process-38000-evacuees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/09\/02\/one-afghan-evacuee-in-custody-as-european-bases-process-38000-evacuees\/","title":{"rendered":"One Afghan evacuee in custody as European bases process 38,000 evacuees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tens of thousands of Afghans have completed or are in the process of completing initial security checks<\/a> at one of several bases in Spain, Italy and Germany, the head of U.S. European Command, and so far, only one person has failed to get a green light to head on to the U.S<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifty-eight evacuees<\/a> have required secondary screening, Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters told reporters on Thursday. He would say only that the one detained is not considered a \u201chigh threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat individual is currently in the appropriate custody with U.S. interagency officials … and we are still working his background investigation,\u201d Wolters said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evacuees in Europe are subject to multiple security screenings upon arrival, including through biometric and biographical databases. Officials on the ground, including those from Customs and Border Protection, are working at a pace of about 250 people per hour, Wolters said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Host countries have given EUCOM 10 days to process them, Wolters added, so the overall process continues once they are flown stateside, to bases in Virginia, Texas, New Jersey, New Mexico or Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\t