Hundreds of Afghan refugees have been “dumped” in UK military bases while ministers figure out where to house them, in a move condemned as the government’s “latest betrayal” of asylum seekers.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is scrambling to evacuate 3,000 people with links to the British armed forces who have been languishing in hotels in Pakistan – where some have waited years to be brought to safety – after Islamabad announced a crackdown on immigrants without visas.
