United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 2953
Asylum: Iraq
Introduced
18 May 2021
Last action
25 May 2021 · Answer
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Asylum
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25 May 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of Iraqi translators who worked for the British Army in Iraq that are seeking asylum in the UK; and what steps she is taking to support their asylum claims.
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18 May 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of Iraqi translators who worked for the British Army in Iraq that are seeking asylum in the UK; and what steps she is taking to support their asylum claims.
Source: Commons
25 May 2021
Answer
We successfully resettled interpreters and their families from Iraq in recognition of the huge debt of gratitude we owed them for risking their lives alongside UK armed forces. This scheme included relocation to the UK or a financial payment for eligible ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-18/2953
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1315588
- uk · wq-1315588 · source updated 25 May 2021