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United Kingdom will give settlement rights for up to 600 Afghans who have risked their lives to act as interpreters for British troops in Afghanistan.
Interpreters who have regularly served on the frontline will get visas for themselves and their immediate dependents to come to Britain for a period of five years.
They will need to have worked between December 2012 and December 2014, when troops are due to leave, to be eligible.
The interpreters will get free travel to the UK and accomodation paid for their first three months under a 40 million package being thrashed out in Whitehall.
Qualifying interpreters will be offered a five-year visa for themselves and their families with additional practical help for relocation, accommodation and seeking work in the UK.
UK will also offer a choice of 18 months pay as or money for training and education for up to five years for those who do not qualify for emigration to Britain.
The move comes despite David Cameron previously suggesting most Afghan interpreters should stay on in their country to help rebuild it after years of conflict.
But Liberal Democrats pushed for a similar approach to that taken with Iraqi interpreters.
UK grants visas for 600 Afghans who served with British forces - Khaama Press (KP) | Afghan Online Newspaper
Interpreters who have regularly served on the frontline will get visas for themselves and their immediate dependents to come to Britain for a period of five years.
They will need to have worked between December 2012 and December 2014, when troops are due to leave, to be eligible.
The interpreters will get free travel to the UK and accomodation paid for their first three months under a 40 million package being thrashed out in Whitehall.
Qualifying interpreters will be offered a five-year visa for themselves and their families with additional practical help for relocation, accommodation and seeking work in the UK.
UK will also offer a choice of 18 months pay as or money for training and education for up to five years for those who do not qualify for emigration to Britain.
The move comes despite David Cameron previously suggesting most Afghan interpreters should stay on in their country to help rebuild it after years of conflict.
But Liberal Democrats pushed for a similar approach to that taken with Iraqi interpreters.
UK grants visas for 600 Afghans who served with British forces - Khaama Press (KP) | Afghan Online Newspaper
