U.K: Imm. Minister promises review of Gurkhas' cases
May 08, 2009
The immigration minister said that the Government was legally required to send the letters to at least five former soldier this week, but said their cases would be reviewed when new rules are devised.
Mr Woolas was speaking on the BBC Radio Four Today programme alongside the actress and campaigner Joanna Lumley, a day after they clashed at an impromptu press conference in a Westminster television studio.
Lumley: I trust PM on Gurkhas Denying claims that the Government's handling of the Gurkha issue had become a shambles since it lost a Commons vote on proposed criteria for assessing residency applications, he said: 'The Government knows exactly what it is doing.
The Telegraph (U.K.)
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