An anonymous reader trying to help charity workers get out of Afghanistan despairs at how one was turned away for the lack of a passport while ministers were being distracted by efforts to rescue animalsMy son-in-law has a charity that helps with the e…
Afghans who risked their lives for Britain are being abandoned to a terrible fate | Mary Fitzgerald
For all the fine words from ministers, very little is being done for those most at risk from Taliban retributionAs the Taliban started searching their neighbourhood, Abdul and his wife began to hide with different relatives across Kabul. One night they…
Recognising defeat should not mean walking away from those who need us | Letters
A group of bishops urge the government to fulfil its moral duty to take in more Afghan refugees. Plus letters from Tom Carter and Miles MaxwellWith the disturbing news that the window for evacuations from Afghanistan is closing (UK evacuation from Kabu…
UK nationals of Afghan origin being overlooked in Kabul airlift, claim lawyers
Most single nationality Britons now evacuated but some with dual citizenship say they are being given lower priorityAfghanistan: live updatesBritish nationals of Afghan origin are being overlooked in the evacuation from Kabul, lawyers and campaigners h…
Afghan boy, 5, fell from Sheffield hotel on to car park roof, inquest told
Mohammed Munib Majeedi died last week after arriving from Afghanistan with his familyThe body of a five-year-old Afghan refugee who fell from a hotel in Sheffield was found on top of a neighbouring multistorey car park, an inquest has heard.Mohammed Mu…
Johnson to urge Biden to keep US troops at Kabul airport after 31 August
PM’s request to be made at G7 summit as Taliban increases grip on access to flightsBoris Johnson will personally lobby Joe Biden at the G7 leaders summit, No 10 said on Sunday night, pleading with him to keep US troops at Kabul airport beyond the end o…
It is our moral duty to take in more Afghan refugees | Letters
Readers despair at the Tory government’s treatment of the people who risked their lives to work for it in AfghanistanYou have to admire the genius of the UK’s refugee policy: first, no one who gets here unofficially can be considered for asylum and the…
MPs demand review into what Home Office knew about safety of hotel where Afghan boy died
Concerns had been raised by guests about the safety of the Metropolitan hotel in Sheffield and its windowsSheffield’s Labour MPs have demanded an independent review into what the Home Office knew about the safety of the hotel where a five-year-old Afgh…
Forty people feared dead as woman rescued from dinghy off Canary Islands
The woman, who was trying to make the trip from Africa, was found lying next to two bodies and ‘in a bad state’, officials sayAbout 40 migrants are feared dead after rescuers recovered a lone woman clinging to an overturned dinghy that had been carryin…
Not enough turkeys for Christmas due to Brexit, poultry producers warn
Government urged to relax UK immigration rules after one in six jobs left unfilled since EU departureUK poultry producers have warned that serious staff shortages caused by Brexit could mean there are not enough turkeys to go round this Christmas.This …