The evacuees, which include consular officers, interpreters and immigration personnel, have been taken to the Hyatt Regency Perth hotel for quarantine.
About 100 Australian citizens and Afghan visa holders landed in Perth in the early hours of Friday morning on board the first evacuation flight out of Kabul.
A Royal Australian Air Force flight collected 26 people on Wednesday morning, kick-starting Australia’s rescue mission. Another 76 Australian and Afghan nationals were evacuated to the Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates by a British aircraft later that evening, where some received medical treatment.
To date, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has committed to resettling 3000 Afghans on humanitarian visas in Australia. Refugee groups and human rights organisations, however, claim the move doesn’t go far enough to protect women, children and minorities, who have now been left at the mercy of the Taliban.They want the intake to be increased to 20,000 refugees to match the commitments of countries like Britain and Canada.
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