fleeing the country. under the scheme, the government has committed to resettling up to 20,000 afghans in the uk in the long term. some 5,000 afghans and theirfamily members will be able to resettle in the uk via that scheme this year. the home secretary, priti patel, said she wanted the majority of those to be women and girls and persecuted minorities. however, some mps have criticised the scheme for not going far enough. speaking in the commons, former prime minister theresa may was among conservative mps who are criticising the government over its handling of the crisis in afghanistan, saying it is "incomprehensible and worrying" that the uk could not work with other nations to "sustain" an afghan government. and we've seen an afghanistan veteran, conservative tom tugendhat, giving an emotional speech about how recent events have reopened old wounds and said the uk