US Taps Three More Military Bases to House Afghan Refugees, Expands Upper Limit to 50,000

An Afghan man carries a boy on his shoulders upon arrival at a processing center for refugees evacuated from Afghanistan at the Dulles Expo Center near Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., on Aug. 24, 2021. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

The United States is housing or prepared to house Afghan nationals fleeing their country at seven military bases in America, military officials announced Friday.

Four bases had already been tapped to temporarily provide shelter for refugees: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, Fort Lee in Virginia, Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, and Fort Bliss in Texas.