{"id":3524,"date":"2007-10-06T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-06T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/iraq-interpreters-to-get-asylu.html"},"modified":"2007-10-06T09:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-06T09:34:00","slug":"iraq-interpreters-to-get-asylu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/iraq-interpreters-to-get-asylu.html","title":{"rendered":"Iraq interpreters to get asylum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20071006\/ap_on_re_eu\/britain_iraq_interpreters\">Britain is taking care of those who helped them<\/a> as they continue to withdraw their troops.  I hope that we will do the same thing when we start to withdraw ours:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Iraqi interpreters and aides who assisted British forces in Iraq will be allowed to settle in Britain, newspapers said Saturday.<br \/>\nIraqis who have worked as translators or support staff for the British government for 12 months or longer will be granted asylum status, The Times of London and The Sun reported, citing unnamed diplomatic sources.<br \/>\nThose unable or unwilling to move to Britain will be given money to help them settle elsewhere, the papers said, adding that those with less than 12 months&#8217; experience would have their case looked at sympathetically.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThe Times said that a few hundred other vital support staff would receive the same consideration as the interpreters, but that the offer would exclude thousands more Iraqis who have worked in low-level positions, such as cleaners or drivers.<br \/>\nSenior British military figures and human rights activists have long warned that Iraqis working alongside coalition forces were particularly vulnerable to being targeted by insurgents and militia groups, and that Britain has a responsibility to look after its employees as it draws down its forces in the country.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThe Times said that a few hundred other vital support staff would receive the same consideration as the interpreters, but that the offer would exclude thousands more Iraqis who have worked in low-level positions, such as cleaners or drivers.<br \/>\nSenior British military figures and human rights activists have long warned that Iraqis working alongside coalition forces were particularly vulnerable to being targeted by insurgents and militia groups, and that Britain has a responsibility to look after its employees as it draws down its forces in the country.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They worked with us and deserve to be protected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain is taking care of those who helped them as they continue to withdraw their troops. I hope that we will do the same thing when we start to withdraw ours: Iraqi interpreters and aides who assisted British forces in Iraq will be allowed to settle in Britain, newspapers said Saturday. 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