Rejected petition Sameer Sahail helped our troops in Afghanistan now he deserves our help

Sameer has put his life on the line to help our troops and now we are turning our backs on him. His actions as a translator in his home country supported and protected Allied troops. He is now in Calais waiting to be allowed in and Border Force are turning him away.

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If you would like the UK to grant asylum to all interpreters who worked for British forces in Afghanistan, you might like to sign this petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106218

If you would like a different kind of support to be offered to the interpreters, you could start a petition asking specifically for that.

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Date submitted 8 August 2015
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