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Afghans on temporary protection visas in Australia are calling on the federal government to provide a pathway to permanent residency so they can provide assistance to their families amid the crisis in their homeland.
English Analysis on Australia about Protection and Human Rights; published on 02 Jun 2021 by RCOA
Share on Twitter The UK has announced it will relocate thousands more Afghans, mostly interpreters, who worked for the British military and the UK government. As international troops prepare to leave the country, the government says it expects to resettle more than 3,000 Afghans including their families amid fears for their safety. They will join 1,300 who have already been resettled in the UK. An Afghan interpreter working with Australian Defence Force personnel in 2009 in Sorkh Lez, Afghanistan AAP British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it was “only right” to offer reloc...
The families of two Afghan interpreters killed in 2017 and 2019 are calling for urgent assistance from the Australian government, fearing that it will only be a matter of time until they too are targeted by the Taliban.
There are growing calls from retired soldiers for Australia to do more to help several Afghan interpreters who worked for Australia and now fear for their lives, following the withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan.