In South Korea, hundreds of Afghans who arrived via a rescue effort dubbed 'Operation Miracle' were welcomed as 'persons of special merit'. Approximately 390 have been granted short-stay visas, including medical professionals and interpreters who worked for the South Korean government, and an estimated 100 children. In other places around the world, donations of food, clothing, furniture and toiletries flooded in. In Texas, people offered spare bedrooms and empty properties to refugee families. In Wales, a giant message reading, Refugees Welcome was etched into a beach.

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