Poland’s government has officially approved the plan of assistance, including asylum or a $40,000 payment to any Iraqi working for its military or police in Iraq.
According to PM Donald Tusk, the plan covers Iraqi translators and other workers who will be able to choose between the right to live in Poland with government assistance or have $40,000 per person if they decide to stay in Iraq or settle in a third country.
There are currently about a hundred interpreters working for the Polish contingent in Iraq. The majority of them expressed their desire to move to Poland together with Polish soldiers arguing that staying in that country after working for coalition troops would put their lives in danger.
Poland is withdrawing its troops from Iraq this October.
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