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UK Won't Relax Rules For Afghan Interpreters Hoping To Settle Here
The Government has rejected fresh calls to relax the rules for former Afghan interpreters for British Forces wanting to settle in Britain.
It was pressed in the House of Lords following reports that one interpreter had committed suicide because he faced deportation to Italy, after being refused asylum in the UK.
An estimated 2,000 interpreters served alongside British forces in Afghanistan.
Two hundred and seventy of them have been relocated to the UK with their families.
Opponents of the Government's position are worried it will make it harder to recruit interpreters on future operations.
However, ministers insist the UK package is more generous than other countries.
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