Iraq goes to Denmark.
Michael Buchanan reports for us tonight. He writes: "The British government is currently wading through hundreds of applications its received from current and former employees in Iraq, who believe their lives are in danger simply for working with foreigners. It likely to be months before we know how many Iraqis will actually be allowed to move to the UK. Denmark, which was also part of the invading forces, has chosen a different approach. The Danes flew almost 400 Iraqis - former employees and their families - to Denmark in the summer. They've now fast tracked their asylum applications and the Iraqis are now beginning to start their new lives."
Among those featured in Michael's report:
"This is Yousif, a lovely smiley young man who you can hear singing. He moved to Denmark in July with his parents Zaid and Hind."
"Zaid used to work for the Danish Embassy in Baghdad, and because of that, his life was in danger as insurgents sought out people deemed to be "collaborating" with the invading forces."
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With all the recent hullaboo about honouring our soldiers and their dedicated service both here and in particular overseas why doesn't PM start a campaign to get everyone at every opportunity to thank all servicemen with a sign.
Say it with the sign. The next time you see one of our guardians show your gratitude with the SIGN. Watch this short video.
American Sign Language? Why not British? Or, better still, why not wave and say 'Thanks, lads!'?
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The Danes can do what they like. I don't think we have any sort of obligation to these people, moral or otherwise, since they did CHOOSE to work for us - probably for very good pay. And there are more culturally-appropriate, safe countries for them to go to anyway e.g. Turkey.
BTW, do we have to be saturated with hard-luck "ethnic" stories on the ´óÏó´«Ã½? We had another one about a Pakistani "abduction". The hubbie was probably right: his wife was Pakistani, her children might just as well be, he's Pakistani - that's the right place for them, then. We've got far too many people in England already - and the immigrant birthrate is not improving matters.
southerner @ 3, a man in Pakistan has stolen the British passports of some British citizens; this apparently means that these British citizens are unable to get permission to return to their country.
You say 'his wife was Pakistani, her children might just as well be, he's Pakistani', but you are in fact simply wrong, according to the report on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ website.
If your passport is stolen while you are on holiday abroad, I suppose it is reasonable for you to be expected to stay for sixteen years or so in the country where you were on holiday, rather than having a new passport issued so that you can return to the country of your birth, of which you are a citizen.
I admit that I probably wouldn't, and I don't see why some British children should want to be in a foreign country for all that time, but it's up to you if you think that's acceptable for yourself.