LONDON: The British government says it will take on this year 5,000 Afghan refugees, especially women and children, as a member of parliament wearing a parliament on Wednesday for an emergency debate heated in response to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had arrived for a chaotic turn of events in Afghanistan, said the refugee settlement program “generous” will allow up to 20,000 Afghans are prone to seek refuge in England in the years to come.
That figure is over and above the 5,000 Afghan allies Britain tried to flee from Kabul International Airport.
Johnson said Britain would work to unite the international community behind “a clear plan for dealing with the Taliban.” The Prime Minister, who is president of the group of seven leading countries today, said he wanted to hold a meeting of leaders in the coming days.
“We are clear, and we have agreed that it would be a mistake for any country to recognize the new regime in Kabul prematurely or bilateral,” Johnson, who spoke with US President Joe Biden and other world leaders in recent days, said.
“We will assess this regime on the choices made and the actions rather than words,” he added.
Refugee plan, which is similar to a similar package to Syria in 2015, is under direct attack from lawmakers, who say the shortage of what is required, both in terms of speed and numbers.
“The government says 5000 will be brought to resettlement in the UK this year,” Chris Bryant, a lawmaker from the opposition Labor Party Primary, said.
“What to do other 15,000? Go around and waiting to be executed?” Johnson said British officials are doing all they can to evacuate British and Afghan help British troops based in Afghanistan and that the Taliban do not seek to interfere with the operation.
“The situation has stabilized since the weekend, but remains precarious, and British officials on the ground to do everything they can to speed up the movement of people,” he said.
“Today, fair to say that the Taliban allow the evacuation to proceed.” Johnson told Parliament that the events in Afghanistan have “open faster than even the Taliban were predictable,” but the prime minister denied that his government had arrested unconscious.
Labor leader Keir Starmer said the Conservative government must take a share of responsibility for the crisis in Afghanistan.
“There is a major calculation error resilience and Afghan forces surprising satisfaction of our government about the threat of the Taliban,” he said.
As Biden, Johnson faced criticism over England hasty retreat from Afghanistan and the chaotic evacuation of British citizens and thousands of Afghans it has employed over the last two decades.
Criticism has been particularly acute on the veterans and families of the 457 British troops who died in the country while fighting there as part of the NATO-led military operations the US.
Demonstrations are planned outside Parliament to ask for support for Afghanistan and their families.
England to take 5,000 Afghan refugees this year: Johnson
