Published 11 August 2021 at 13.07
Domestic. The moderates have in the last week done a big thing of wanting to “take home” interpreters in Afghanistan who have helped the Swedish force. But now the Armed Forces clarifies that the interpreters who worked for them in Afghanistan have already been granted asylum in Sweden.
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It is Mats Ström, communications director at the Swedish Armed Forces, who makes the clarification in a blog post.
“In connection with the multinational operation Isaf ended in 2014, employed interpreters and guards received support on A total of 69 people (employees and relatives) then came to Sweden “, he writes.
After the ISAF operation ended and transferred to the Resolute Support Mission, Sweden” did not have any own local interpreters but have used interpreting resources employed by, among others, Germany “, Ström continues.
” The Resolute Support Mission ended on 15 May 2021 and the last Swedish staff left Afghanistan later that month. “
The Moderates and the Green Party have in recent days put strong pressure on the government for the “interpreters” to come to Sweden.