I have just come from meeting six families of formerly locally engaged FCO staff in Iraq, who have taken up the resettlement scheme and come to live in the UK. Over 200 have done so in total. Over 540 have chosen the financial package and stayed in Iraq.
The testimonies of these people were moving. I told them about Britain's debt to them; about the situation in Iraq as I saw it; about the help we are trying to give. They talked about gratitude, about being safe, about aspirations for their children and their commitment to build a better life and to contribute to British society.
They talked too about the welcome from the people of Glasgow. They made community spirit come alive.
Posted at 13:33 16 April 2009 by David Miliband | Comments[1]
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Posted by Hongye on April 22, 2009 at 05:16 PM BST #