The Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood described the plans in the newspaper “Daily Mirror” (Wednesday) as “miserably inadequate”. In addition, the planned recording was stretched over too long a period. So far, the UK plans to take in 5,000 people under the program in the first year.
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There was also criticism from the Labor opposition that the plan did not meet the challenge. The Scottish National Party (SNP) requested the admission of up to 40,000 people.
A debate on Afghanistan was on the agenda in the British Parliament on Wednesday. Interior Minister Priti Patel indicated on Sky News that the number of Afghan local staff who are now being admitted could be increased from 5,000 to 10,000. According to official figures, the UK currently flies almost 1,000 people out of Kabul every day.
The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke out against a renewed NATO mission in Afghanistan. “I think it really is an illusion to believe that one of our partners has an appetite for a continued military presence or for a military solution developed by NATO in Afghanistan,” said Johnson before the parliament, which was called back from the summer recess. Nor does he believe that sending tens of thousands of British soldiers to fight the Taliban is an option.
