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UK visas for Afghan interpreters

Around 600 Afghan interpreters are to be offered the chance to settle in Britain after an apparent coalition rethink. About half the staff working with UK forces are expected to be granted visas in recognition of risks to their personal safety.

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Clegg: Britain has 'duty of care' to Afghan interpreters

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said it would have been "morally unacceptable" to deny the Afghan interpreters the option of coming to Britain:

We owe it to them to make sure that where they are under real threat of retribution or intimidation, we look after them.

I think we have a duty of care to these people, just as we did to a number of interpreters who helped us in Iraq. I wasn't content with the idea which was floated that, somehow, this time round... as part of the menu of options for some of the interpreters who helped us, we wouldn't include as part of that menu of options the right to come to this country.

– Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister

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