I’m speaking on a course this morning, so don’t have time to properly comment on yesterday’s judgment by Blake J. in favour of retired Gurkha servicemen wanting to settle in the UK. I thought you’d want to see the judgment itself, though. They lost of the first limb of their claim, discrimination; but succeeded in arguing that the scheme the government had adopted was irrational.
I’d be interested to see how this judgement may impact upon the question of the Iraqi translators and locally employed personnel.
The Foreign Office has been astoundingly (likely deliberately) slow in processing claims. In the interim these people are in severe – mortal – danger. This inaction is certainly leading to deaths, and people are fleeing for their lives.
There is also a moral question here, as in the case of the Gurkhas. Do we regard this simply as a legal issue? Maybe this touches upon your earlier posts.
It is a sad indictment that it takes a court ruling to get the government to do the “decent thing.” I also entirely agree with unsworth re the Iraqi translators etc.