Iraqi Employees

EDM number 401 in 2007-08, proposed by Lynne Featherstone on 27/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces, Asylum, Employment, Iraq and Military operations.

That this House recognises the courage of Iraqis who have worked alongside British troops and diplomats in southern Iraq, often saving British lives; notes that many such Iraqis have been targeted for murder by Iraqi militias in Basra, and that an unknown number have already been killed, whilst many others are in hiding; further recognises that many Iraqis who have worked for fewer than 12 months for the UK are threatened by death squads; and therefore calls upon the Prime Minister to meet the UK's moral obligations by offering resettlement to all Iraqis who are threatened with death for the "crime" of helping British troops and diplomats.

This motion has been signed by a total of 80 MPs.