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Europe must play part in helping Afghan refugees: Greens MEP Hannah Neumann

DW spoke with Hannah Neumann, a member of the German Green Party and member of the European Parliament, about the humanitarian crisis brewing in Afghanistan as the Taliban offensive intensifies.

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