Scott Morrison says the government is 'very aware' of the urgency to get protection for Afghan interpreters who helped Australian soldiers, after a number of them were placed on a Taliban kill list.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he is"very aware" of the urgency to get Afghan interpreters who helped Australian soldiers the protection of humanitarian visas, after a number of them were placed on a Taliban kill list. "We are very aware of it," Mr Morrison said on Tuesday morning."And we are working urgently and steadfastly and patiently to ensure that we do this in the appropriate way as we have done on earlier occasions.
"To fail at this stage to evacuate them, or at least make the best possible effort that we can as a country - that will just be a catastrophic moral failure on our country's behalf," he told SBS News a fortnight ago. Australia must avoid 'catastrophic moral failure' and evacuate Afghan interpreters, says former army major
"We have a very serious obligation," he told ABC radio on Tuesday."It would be unconscionable to leave these people to the mercy of the Taliban. We must do something to help them." Foreign Minister Marise Payne has indicated the current process for assessing humanitarian visas for Afghan employees remains in place.
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