U.K. PM Boris Johnson, who has come under fire for the chaotic turn of events in Afghanistan, says a new “generous” refugee settlement program would allow up to 20,000 vulnerable Afghans to seek sanctuary in Britain in the coming years.
ABC News' Linsey Davis speaks with Heidi Khun, CEO of the nonprofit organization Roots of Peace, on her 20 years of work in Afghanistan and her pleas for help to evacuate her employees.
“There’s been a major miscalculation of the resilience of the Afghan forces and a staggering complacency from our government about the Taliban threat,” said Keir Starmer, leader of the opposition Labour Party. Johnson said a new “generous” refugee settlement program would allow up to 20,000 vulnerable Afghans, primarily women and children, to seek sanctuary in the U.K. in the next few years, including 5,000 this year. The total for this year is in addition to the 5,000 or so Afghan allies that the U.K. is now trying to evacuate from Kabul’s international airport.
The refugee plan, which is similar to a refugee package for Syria in 2015, came under immediate attack from lawmakers and activists, who said it fell short of what was required and did not come close to matching Britain's responsibility.
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