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>> have you gotten word from the eu that that sort of help is coming soon? >> well, you know, the eu agencies and also the united nations agencies are already on the ground in poland and what we need now is just, you know, the polish central government to call for help and for a willingness to authorize those agencies to operate in poland. let me give you one example. we need a relocation scheme in europe and in the world so that this huge logistics exercise goes under way, because what happens ...

Crossings are of the airport, get on a plane with a small bag, all your belongings, leaving your loved ones and everyone you know behind, and landing in a country where you dont know anyone or speak the language, interacting with services is difficult, a complete maze. my background helps me understand some of those issues but it is really by listening to our afghan neighbours that we can really understand what they are going through and they must be at the centre of this at all times. , ., _, ,...

Theyve been speaking to us on condition we would protect their identity. so their words are spoken by an actor. the situation in kabul is not good. its in a very critical situation. the taliban are coming into every house, looking for the people who worked for the nato, isaf and british forces. there are more than 50 interpreters who are eligible for the relocation scheme to the uk that are still left. they didnt get the biometric visas and they are waiting for theirflights. we hope and can requ...

Several thousand afghan interpreters and other staff who worked for british forces are eligible to come to the uk, but many are stuck at kabul airport. a former british army interpreter trapped in kabul has contacted the bbc, with an appeal to the uk government. they spoke to us on condition we would protect their identity. their words are spoken by an actor. the situation in kabul is not good. its in a very critical situation. the taliban are coming into every house, looking for the people who ...

To unveil in the next few days. it is going to be bespoke but it will be also loosely based on the syrian relocation scheme that was introduced by david camerons government back in 2014. you might remember that that, over a period of about six years, we settled around 20,000 syrians who were seen to be in the most need in the uk. this is going to be considerably more complicated by the fact that the taliban have taken so much territory in afghanistan. but the government is working on the details...

Potentially to come here. that includes british nationals, diplomatic staff, charity workers, people like interpreters who may be able to relocate if they are eligible under the governments relocation scheme, and that also includes people who are now part of the afghan special forces. the special forces were trained by the british and by the americans, that means they will be high on the target list for the taliban. the defence secretary ben wallace this morning put a two week timeline on gettin...