The British government has been accused of ‘shameful’ treatment of Afghan war translators after an interpreter, Nangyalai Dawoodzai, reportedly committed suicide while facing deportation from the UK.
Twenty-nine-year-old Dawoodzai is said to have worked for the British Army in Afghanistan before fleeing the war-torn country after receiving death threats from the belligerent Taliban.
Dawoodzai's request for asylum in Britain was rejected when it was found he had been fingerprinted in Italy on arrival in Europe and consequently, he killed himself.
“This is the most tragic example of a shameful Government policy,” Liberal Democrat peer Lord Ashdown told the Daily Mail.
At least three other interpreters who served British forces face deportation because they were fingerprinted in mainland Europe before arriving in the UK.
Dawoodzai's death by his own hand after being told he would be deported is a shame on Britain and shows how bad the UK immigration system has become.
If the likes of extremist preacher Abu Qatada – who was eventually deported to Jordan in 2014 after nearly a decade fighting it legally – are looked after and aided with legal aid, then Afghan interpreter Dawoodzai certainly deserved to be taken in by Britain because he had served UK well when it needed him the most.
Britain is letting in hundreds who have done nothing for them, but is turning its back on good people like Dawoodzai. Well, such a policy won't augur well for Britain.
