Ninety Iraqi translators working along with British troops in fear retaliation when troops pull out of Iraq. Already, three translators were killed for helping the troops. A British defense spokesperson responded, "We consider any specific requests for assistance from serving or ex-employees on their individual merits. Should an individual seek to come to the UK, they would need to apply for entry clearance in the usual way." The United States has already said they will grant asylum to Iraqi collaborators.
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My initial reaction is that the U.K should absolutely grant asylum to Iraqi collaborators and I was surprised that they were not. But after thinking about it for a time I believe it is correct for them to go through the regular ways of attaining papers to travel to the U.K. It would be very easy to help the Iraqi government and the occupation for a time and then pull a 180 on them when you get asylum. Terrorists are seedy people by definition so expect the unexpected.
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