Law Society president I Stephanie Boyce said it was ‘unacceptable’ the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme was still not open for applications more than three months after Kabul fell.
‘We have received scores of desperate messages from people who dedicated their lives to building Afghanistan’s justice system and upholding the rule of law and are now in hiding with their families,’ Boyce said.
‘Judges, lawyers, prosecutors and others who worked in the justice system tell us they are receiving death threats from the Taliban and prisoners they helped convict―many of them terrorists―who are now roaming the country seeking revenge on those who brought them to justice.’
The Resettlement Scheme was launched to protect up to 5,000 people at risk in the first year, prioritising those who assisted UK efforts and stood up for values such as the rule of law, as well as vulnerable people.
