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http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/regional/handful-of-libyans-seek-asylum-1-6435995
A "very small handful" of Libyan soldiers involved in a training programme at a Cambridgeshire army base have claimed asylum to remain in the UK, the Defence Secretary has said.
Michael Fallon told the Commons that of the 328 total originally signed up to the scheme, around 100 left during the course of their training by agreement with the Libyan authorities.
The remainder had now all been returned "properly" to Libya, he added, apart from five who remain in custody and a "very small handful" who have claimed asylum.
He was replying to a question from shadow defence minister Kevan Jones who asked how many of the service personnel still remained on UK soil.
Earlier this month, David Cameron insisted no Libyan soldiers involved in the programme should be granted asylum. (I bet that changes)
The Prime Minister labelled the disciplinary issues at Bassingbourn Barracks - which included five men being charged with sex offences against members of the British public - as "completely unacceptable".
Up to 2,000 soldiers had been due to undergo basic infantry and junior command training at the barracks as part of an agreement reached at last year's G8 summit.
The training agreement was part of a pledge to support Libya's effort to improve security following the overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi in 2011.
Since then the country has been in a state of flux with two rival governments, disparate tribes and Islamist militia embroiled in conflict.
And the bill hasn't been paid yet.
http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/regional/handful-of-libyans-seek-asylum-1-6435995
A "very small handful" of Libyan soldiers involved in a training programme at a Cambridgeshire army base have claimed asylum to remain in the UK, the Defence Secretary has said.
Michael Fallon told the Commons that of the 328 total originally signed up to the scheme, around 100 left during the course of their training by agreement with the Libyan authorities.
The remainder had now all been returned "properly" to Libya, he added, apart from five who remain in custody and a "very small handful" who have claimed asylum.
He was replying to a question from shadow defence minister Kevan Jones who asked how many of the service personnel still remained on UK soil.
Earlier this month, David Cameron insisted no Libyan soldiers involved in the programme should be granted asylum. (I bet that changes)
The Prime Minister labelled the disciplinary issues at Bassingbourn Barracks - which included five men being charged with sex offences against members of the British public - as "completely unacceptable".
Up to 2,000 soldiers had been due to undergo basic infantry and junior command training at the barracks as part of an agreement reached at last year's G8 summit.
The training agreement was part of a pledge to support Libya's effort to improve security following the overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi in 2011.
Since then the country has been in a state of flux with two rival governments, disparate tribes and Islamist militia embroiled in conflict.
And the bill hasn't been paid yet.
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Nobody's biting...
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nobody is surprised CMAT
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What you are forgetting taxi is that we are all in it together.
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The only surprise is that its a very small handful.
Blair's folly was Iraq. Cameron's was Libya. |