Anthony Butcher

The Liberal Democrats are calling for the Labour Government to grant asylum to Iraqis whose work for the British has put their lives in danger.

Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell condemned the Labour Government's approach as "utterly unacceptable and morally unsustainable". He said:

"There is rightly fury and indignation from soldiers who have served alongside these people in Iraq. One tells of an interpreter whose wife and family had a gun held to their heads by the militia and ordered to leave the country within three days. Yet he was immediately turned down for refugee status."

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