Hundreds of Afghans who risked their lives helping Britain will be allowed to come to UK
Hundreds of Afghans whose lives are at risk from the Taliban because they helped the UK will be allowed to come to Britain under a new Government scheme. It means there may now also be hope for sacked Afghan translators previously told they could not settle here, as reported in yesterday's Daily Mail. The scheme is the latest twist in the controversy over the fate of locals who helped British forces and it represents another victory for this paper's Betrayal of the Brave campaign highlighting the issue. Ministers believe that with Taliban advances and a possible peace deal, the risk to interp...