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Motion · S4M-13993 · 20 Aug 2015

Asylum for Afghan Interpreters

Lodged by Graeme Pearson Standard Motion 27 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament considers that, because their work has made them a target for Taliban militants, it is unconscionable that the local interpreters who have worked with Britain's armed forces in Afghanistan have reportedly not been granted asylum by the UK Government; understands that over 200 have applied for such help and that, without this, they are effectively being abandoned, and, in light of the assistance that they provided to the armed forces, calls on the UK Government to honour what it sees as its moral, if not legal, obligation to help these people.

Supporters (27)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.