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‘Don’t ignore us’: Afghans awaiting UK relocation fear time is running out

Posted on 1 November 2023

Professor Sara de Jong quoted in The Guardian

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Professor Sara de Jong is quoted in the Guardian's article today ‘Don’t ignore us’: Afghans awaiting UK relocation fear time is running out

“This is a story of government failing and not taking the lives of Afghans seriously,” said Sara de Jong, a co-founder of the Sulha Alliance, which supports Afghans who worked for the British government to resettle in the UK, and a professor of politics at the University of York.

Some have waited years in Pakistan for Britain to fulfil its promises – and are now at risk of deportation.

Find out more about the work Sara does with the Sulha Alliance.