Unlike the Gurkha case, the scheme for Iraqi interpreters cannot be challenged because it is discretionary, say lawyers.

After the Iraq war, Iraqi interpreters were given one-off financial assistance or exceptional indefinite leave to remain in Britain.

Pity the Iraqi interpreters.

For years, Iraqi interpreters dodged death threats and roadside bombs and U.S. bureaucratic indifference, as they kept American troops and local Iraqis talking.