Olis Johnson Ready to tell Congressman Must be added immediately Afghanistan Avoid the humanitarian crisis that erupted in the country after the Taliban seized power.
Three days after the Afghan capital Kabul was occupied by militants on Sunday, members of parliament will return to parliament for Wednesday’s emergency meeting after the summer vacation.
This Prime Minister The government is facing increasing pressure to deal with the collapse of a Western-backed government and the subsequent evacuation of British nationals and local allies.
On Tuesday night, Mr. Johnson announced a new settlement plan that will allow up to 20,000 vulnerable Afghan refugees to seek asylum in the UK in the coming years.
The Prime Minister is expected to tell members of Congress what steps the international community needs to take to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, including immediate increases in humanitarian assistance to the country and surrounding areas, and long-term projects to support refugees.
But the solution was criticized as not reaching the necessary level, and the Prime Minister could expect to be attacked by former armed forces members from his own back seat because he briefed MPs on the work done so far to alleviate the crisis.
There are also plans to hold protests outside the parliament, calling for support for Afghans and their families who are cooperating with allies.
In his conversation with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday night, Johnson emphasized the importance of working in the region and not losing the results of the past 20 years.
A No. 10 spokesperson said: “The Prime Minister and President Biden agreed that the international community needs to unite to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.”
Minister of the Interior Pritty Patel The “Daily Telegraph” wrote that although the United Kingdom promised to accept 5,000 refugees at risk of persecution by the Taliban in the first year of the new settlement program — up to 20,000 in total — the country cannot withstand all the pressure alone.
She said: “The UK is also doing everything possible to encourage other countries to help. Not only do we have to lead by example, we cannot do this alone.”
The newspaper reported that the prime minister had talked with the governments of France and Germany, and Ms. Patel led talks with the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, to determine safety and legality. The route is for those who need to leave Afghanistan.
But the opposition parties said this was not enough and criticized the scope of the resettlement plan for Afghan citizens, which will give priority to women and girls as well as religious and other minorities.
Human rights groups also criticized the government’s immigration plan more broadly.
Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour’s shadow home secretary, welcomed the plan that has been implemented, but said that a “more urgent plan of action” was needed.
He said: “This proposal does not fit the scale of the challenge. It will not only put the Afghan people in deadly danger, but will also weaken the leadership role that the UK must play in persuading international partners to fulfil its responsibilities.”
Lila Moran, spokesperson for the Liberal Democratic Party’s foreign affairs, said: “We need these vulnerable groups to leave the country as soon as possible, not the government’s vague promise of a’long-term’. Today, when Afghans need help now, the government has Excluded. 20,000 should be the starting point of this plan, not the goal.”
Ian Blackford, the leader of the SNP in Westminster, said the goal should be to welcome at least 35,000 to 40,000 Afghan refugees.
Tobias Ellwood, a member of the Conservative Party for the Eastern District of Bournemouth and former defense secretary, also bluntly criticized the plan, calling it “seriously inadequate.”
He told the “Daily Mirror”: “The government really needs to see a bigger picture here and grasp the scale of the crisis we caused. We limited the number of people in the first year to 5,000, when the threat was the most serious. “
According to the government, under the Afghanistan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP), the new plan is to supplement 5,000 Afghans. The policy aims to provide local allies such as interpreters with priority relocation opportunities to the UK.
Government data shows that under the ARAP plan, 2,000 people have arrived.
Officials said that since Saturday, 520 British nationals, diplomats and former Afghan staff have left Afghanistan on British military flights.
At around 11pm on Tuesday evening, a flight carrying evacuated British nationals and Afghans landed at RAF Britz Norton in Oxfordshire.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense stated that the first flight of British nationals and embassy staff arrived at the base on Sunday night.
At the same time, the Taliban’s claim that it will respect human rights and safeguard the rights of women and girls “within the framework of Sharia law” has so far been suspected.
