The UK should 'immediately' release any Afghans it is holding in immigration detention centres and grant all nationals already in the country leave to remain, a human rights organisation has demanded
Afghanistan: Boris Johnson told to 'get a grip' on Kabul evacuation as ex-Royal Marine describes 'stampede'
Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said:"Keeping Afghans in detention centres right now is cruel, unnecessary and a waste of taxpayers' money."The law is clear: people should only be held in detention centres where necessary to remove them from the country. The party is calling for the government to resettle at least 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan, while the SNP has called for the UK to take 35,000.PM: 'There is a change of regime happening'
He continued:"The first discussion has to be: is there a plan, is there a strategy of safe and legal routes for refugees to come out of Afghanistan, and how quickly can that be put in place?
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