Rwanda Bill: Afghans who helped British troops beg Rishi Sunak to back deportation exemption [Video]

Afghans who supported British troops have begged Rishi Sunak’s government to exempt them and their close family from deportation to Rwanda.

The prime minister is facing calls to offer a last-minute concession to peers who have been pushing for an exemption for asylum seekers who served alongside UK forces overseas.

MPs will vote again on the Rwanda Bill in the Commons today, before it is sent back to the Lords. The peers will then have to decide whether to cave to government pressure or vote again in favour of support for these Afghans.

One Afghan intelligence analyst who worked alongside members of the RAF, but who has now been threatened with removal to Rwanda, called on Mr Sunak to help the small number of asylum seekers in his position.

He said: “I call on the prime minister and the government …