Funding for Afghan interpreters is limited | Letter

The families will be funded for just four months, says one reader

I am sure that your readers will feel relieved at the generosity of our government towards the Afghan interpreters arriving in the UK, as detailed by Chris Philp, minister for immigration compliance and justice (Letters, 8 August).

I am the chair of trustees for a welcome group for refugees that is preparing to welcome families of Afghan interpreters in the near future. The funding package that comes with each family is far more generous than the funding offered for other refugees, until you see that the Afghans will be funded for four months. Four months, in which time they need to find work, learn English, settle the children into school, find their way around a local area, which is totally different from where they lived in Afghanistan, as well as begin to feel safe and process their recent terrifying experiences.
Name and address supplied