Thousands of Afghan refugees are still living in hotels while they wait for housing
March 15, 20224:21 PM ET
Heard on All Things Considered
Joel Rose
These Afghan women and children were among dozens of families staying in hotels near the Baltimore/Washington International Airport in Maryland.
Joel Rose/NPR
When Kabul fell to the Taliban last August, Aziz grabbed his backpack and rushed to the airport with his wife and two young children.
Seven months later, he's still living out of a backpack.
Aziz and his family had been staying in a hotel near the Baltimore Washington International airport in Maryland for more than two months.
"This hotel that we are living [in] is good," Aziz said in an interview. "But we are restless. We are feeling like a passenger, living in the hotel."
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/15/1084918623/thousands-of-afghan-refugees-are-still-living-in-hotels-while-they-wait-for-hous
