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Internally displaced Afghans from northern provinces, who fled their home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, take refuge in a public park Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, August 13, 2021
HOME SECRETARY Priti Patel has been condemned over allegations her department is obstructing the safe exit of Afghan allies due to concerns over the message this would send to other refugees.
Senior military sources are said to be blaming the Home Office for failures to evacuate key personnel as the Taliban closed in on Kabul today, according to the Sunday Times.
The paper reported that the ministry is reluctant to offer them asylum because of fears about the message this would send to other refugees, despite a collapsing security situation which is expected to prompt hundreds of thousands to flee Afghanistan.
Afghan women living under the Taliban are navigating a system that makes their public existence conditional on male approval, writes SHUKRIA RAHIMI
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
