{"id":13658,"date":"2022-02-20T16:58:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T16:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/20\/last-afghan-refugees-leave-nj-base-after-chaotic-evacuation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:27:29","slug":"last-afghan-refugees-leave-nj-base-after-chaotic-evacuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/02\/20\/last-afghan-refugees-leave-nj-base-after-chaotic-evacuation\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Afghan refugees leave NJ base after chaotic evacuation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last of thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2022\/02\/18\/afghan-evacuees-to-us-werent-fully-vetted-and-dozens-reportedly-went-missing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afghan refugees<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2021\/09\/03\/us-bases-prepared-to-process-up-to-50000-afghan-evacuees\/\" target=\"_blank\">awaited resettlement at eight U.S. military installations<\/a> departed Saturday from a base in New Jersey, completing a journey that started with the chaotic evacuation from Kabul in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With assistance from refugee resettlement organizations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2021\/12\/08\/afghans-wait-and-worry-at-us-bases-after-frantic-evacuation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afghans evacuated<\/a> after their country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/08\/24\/taliban-takeover-prompts-fears-of-a-resurgent-al-qaida\/\" target=\"_blank\">fell to the Taliban<\/a> have been gradually leaving the military bases in recent months and starting new lives in communities throughout the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/02\/18\/afghan-evacuees-to-us-werent-fully-vetted-and-dozens-reportedly-went-missing\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21345009119398.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Afghan evacuees to U.S. weren\u2019t fully vetted and dozens reportedly went missing<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The issue was investigated by the Defense Department&#039;s inspector general in the wake of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last summer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. admitted 76,000 Afghans as part of Operation Allies Welcome, the largest resettlement of refugees in the country in decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a really important milestone in Operation Allies Welcome but I want to stress that this mission isn\u2019t over,\u201d said Krish O\u2019Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, one of nine national resettlement organizations that were part of the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afghans still in their country but facing danger under Taliban rule as well as those who have made it to the United States will still need assistance, Vignarajah said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSuccessful resettlement and integration won\u2019t happen in just a matter of days or weeks,\u201d she said. \u201cOur new Afghan neighbors are going to need our support and friendship for months and years to come because the challenges they face won\u2019t disappear overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. plans to admit thousands of Afghan refugees over the next year but they will arrive in smaller groups and will be housed in a facility at a location yet to be determined, the Department of Homeland Security said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Housing facilities for refugees at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in central New Jersey will remain open in the interim, the agency said. The base held the largest number of Afghans, reaching a peak of 14,500. The next largest was at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/02\/15\/last-afghan-refugees-depart-wisconsin-army-post-for-new-us-homes\/\">Fort McCoy<\/a> in Wisconsin, where the last group departed this past week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afghans underwent immigration processing and health screening while they waited at the bases, often for months, until the strained refugee organizations could place them in communities. The government set up schools for the children who made up about 40 percent of the refugees at the New Jersey base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resettlement organizations and Homeland Security, the lead federal agency in the effort, had set a goal of having everyone off the bases by Feb. 15. 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