raphael marshall — who resigned from hisjob in september — has told mps it's clear some of those left been murdered by the taliban. he says thousands of emails pleading for british help went unread, and that the foreign secretary at the time — dominic raab — was slow to make decisions. mr raab has denied the claims. here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this was kabul airport last summer, as thousands sought to flee the advancing taliban. amid chaotic scenes, britain and other western powers tried to evacuate those it could but according to a whistle—blower, there was chaos in london too. the foreign office crisis centre was handling requests from afghans who were at risk because of their links to the uk. raphael marshall was a young official working there and he says the process of choosing who could be evacuated was arbitrary and dysfunctional. he said up to 150,000 people applied for evacuation under the scheme but he estimated fewer than 5% of these people have received any assistance. it is clear that some of those left behind have since been murdered by the taliban

this is a whopping 40 page document, a testimony of some really jaw dropping allegations from raphael marshall. he's a 25 year old former foreign office, civil servant. now he's on a rather senior level then. but actually he was on the front line here in westminster. dealing i with numerous things for the foreign office at a particularly dark time when cobble was being seized by the taliban, he has now put down on paper really damming allegations against the government. and all of these mess ups, multiple mess ups in whitehall, particularly around processing applications and email requests from people and to try and get out of the country. he says that these mistakes cost lives and ultimately left tens of thousands of people behind. i estimate between 75150000 people applied for evacuation. many of these emails were not read. they were usually over 5000 unread emails in the inbox at any given moment, including many unread e mails dating from early in august. these emails were desperate an urgent. well, this whistleblower claims that on one particular afternoon at the heights of the issue when

raphael marshall worked in london on the uk's operation to get people out.is words. the uk airlifted 15,000 people out of afghanistan. for comparison, the us evacuated the highest number of people — 120,000. raphael marshall says the team he was part of in london, which was coordinating the airlift, didn't have enough staff. the uk's foreign secretary at the time was dominic raab. he's now the justice secretary and deputy prime minister. he's given his response to these accusations. the idea that we weren't looking at these _ the idea that we weren't looking at these cases with compassion and sensitivity, but also trying to make the right _ sensitivity, but also trying to make the right decisions, i think is at odds _ the right decisions, i think is at odds with _ the right decisions, i think is at odds. with the fact that we've got 15,000 _ odds. with the fact that we've got 15,000 people out injust two weeks, more _ 15,000 people out injust two weeks, more than _ 15,000 people out injust two weeks, more than any other country except the us _ more than any

raphael marshall said the process of choosing who could be evacuated was dysfunctional.00 people applied for evacuation, but he estimated fewer than 5% of these people have received any assistance. it is clear that some of the those left behind have since been murdered by the taliban. 0ne weekend in august, when these afghans were trying to get up, mr marshall said there was too few staff and on saturday he was the only one monitoring the cases and e—mails. he said staff lacked expertise in afghanistan and soldiers brought in to help couldn't access computers. we knew many afghans struggled to get in touch with the foreign office, this evidence tells us what office, this evidence tells us what was going on inside and it is a story of a system that wasn't working. mps wanted to know why. this isn't failure, what is? we declared a — this isn't failure, what is? we declared a crisis. we went through the process of putting more people in and _ the process of putting more people in and we _ the process of putting more people in and we had more than a thousand people _ in and

raphael marshall made the claims in evidence to the foreign affairs select committee.ed by the taliban. mr marshall, who has since left the diplomatic service, said there were not enough staff and, one saturday afternoon, he was the only person monitoring and processing e—mails in the afghan special cases inbox. thousands of which, he said, remained unread. the chairman of the foreign affairs committee said that mr marshall's evidence raised serious questions about the leadership at the foreign office. i am deeply concerned about many of the things the whistle—blower has raised, including about all those at the very top of the department. the whistle—blower, mr marshall, was dealing with a very, very difficult situation in which many of us were trying to get out people who had served us with enormous courage and integrity for sometimes as much as 20 years. and so i am extremely concerned to hear what he said. mr marshall singled out dominic raab, then foreign secretary, who, he said, delayed taking decisions until he had all the facts set out in well—presented tables.

one official working there, raphael marshall, said the process of choosing who could be evacuated wasnal. he said up to 150,000 people applied for an evacuation under the scheme, but he estimated fewer than 5% of these people have received any assistance. it is clear that some of those left behind have since been murdered by the taliban. mr marshall, who has since left the diplomatic service, said there were not enough staff and, one saturday afternoon, he was the only person monitoring and processing e—mails in the afghan special cases inbox. thousands of which, he said, remained unread. the chairman of the foreign affairs committee said that mr marshall's evidence raised serious questions about the leadership at the foreign office. i am deeply concerned about many of the things the whistle—blower has raised, including about all those at the very top of the department. the whistle—blower, mr marshall, was dealing with a very, very difficult situation. in which many of us were trying to get out people who had served us with enormous courage and integrity for sometimes as much as 20 ye

a young official working there called raphael marshall said the process of choosing who could be evacuatedd up to 150,000 people applied for evacuation under the scheme but he estimated fewer than 5% of these people have received any assistance. it is clear that some of the those left behind have since been murdered by the taliban. one weekend in august, when these afghans were trying to get out, mr marshall said in london there weren't enough staff with too few working overtime, and on one afternoon he was the only one monitoring emails. thousands of which remained unread. mr marshall also said dominic raab the then foreign secretary delayed taking decisions until he had all the facts set out in well presented tables. an interpretation mr raab disputed. in terms of presentation, | of course with the volume of claims coming in, - i make no apology for saying i needed the clear facts. for each case so we could make swift decisions. we already knew that many afghans have struggled to get in contact with the foreign office here, mps have raised many of their cases. what this evidence does is

raphael marshall worked in london on the operation to get people out.resigned and in written evidence has described what happened with the evacuation screen -- scheme. we haveoiced some of his words. >> i estimate 150,000 people to 100 and 75,000 people voiced application in the scheme. having been eligible for evacuation. i estimate fewer than 5% any of these people have received assistance in its clear that some of those left behind have been murdered by the taliban. ross: for comparison, the u.s. evacuated the highest number of people, 120 thousand people. marshall says the team that he was a part of in london that coordinated the airlift didn't have enough staff. >> saturday, the 21st of august, i was the only person monitoring and processing emails in the special cases inbox. saturday the 21st and wednesday the 25th, between them there were usually five thousand unread emails at any given moment, including many unread dating from early in august. they were desperate and urgent. i was struck by many titles, including phrases like please save my chil

utter whistleblower in the department described the evacuation as dysfunctional and chaotic. raphael marshal said $150000.00 africans who were at risk because of their links to british forces applied to be evacuated. and he said less than 5 percent received assistance. and some who were left behind were killed soon after. re challenge monitored the hearing and said much of it focused on boston's holiday. he says, effectively apologizing that, you know, he's reflected on there several times. and if he could have his time again that he would have come back from holiday much sooner. he repeated this. so often his testimony that i think he got the members of because a committee got fatty fed up with it. and tom, to not say the chair of the committee said yeah, you're saying the so many times that it's that started the sounds a bit scripted and not very effective anymore. but yeah there's, there's been a statement released by the chair of the, of the committee in the aftermath of it's finishing. and he says that today's session left the committee concerned about the foreign office, his role in th

of course it follows his testimony from a now whistleblower in the foreign office. raphael marshall who was working on the desks during those incredibly dark times as cobble was falling to the taliban. now he said, up to a 120000 people were frantically emailing the foreign office here in westminster, begging and pleading for their assistance, saying you've got to help us. you've got to save us from the taliban. now he's blaming it on a lack of staff. i work from home culture here in the united kingdom at the moment, but also he's blaming it on the very fact the members of staff were away on holiday, the foreign office, most senior civil servant didn't return to the united kingdom some 11 days later. the problem with all of that though is that these senior civil servants were leaving junior members of staff to deal with this crisis, dealing with issues that a way above their skill set. and also the amount of emails that were coming through just left many of those emails on red. in the inbox i estimate between 75150000 people applied for evacuation. many of these emails were not right. t

that's one of the claims made in the points by raphael marshall, one of thoseit points by raphael marshallat any one time there were thousands, there may have been 5000 unread e—mails in the inbox that people in afghanistan were being told to send e—mails to. but marshall says there was a point at which he says he was the only person in the office monitoring that inbox, but that he believed there was some sort of effort to tick the box in an e—mail that says it looks like it has been read, so that politicians could say all these cases are being dealt with. the foreign secretary has said, the foreign secretary has said, the foreign secretary has said, the foreign secretary at the time dominic raab it said that all cases were dealt with, and again they talked about this, the fact they viewed this as an enormous success, an effort to get 15,000 people under very difficult circumstances. but that goes back to the sense of the time that we knew that there were real difficulties, the many afghans complaining and saying and coming out and saying they had been trying to contact, they had been send

raphael marshall said the process of choosing who could be evacuated was dysfunctional.tion, but he estimated fewer than 5% of these people have received any assistance. it is clear that some of the those left behind have since been murdered by the taliban. 0ne weekend in august, when these afghans were trying to get up, mr marshall said there was too few staff, and on saturday, he was the only one monitoring the cases and emails. mr marshall said there was too few staff, and on saturday, he was the only one monitoring the cases and emails. he said staff lacked expertise in afghanistan and soldiers brought in to help couldn't access computers. we knew many afghans struggled to get in touch with the foreign office. this evidence tells us what was going on inside, and it's a story of a system that wasn't working. mps wanted to know why. if this isn't failure, what is? we declared a crisis. we went through the process of putting more people in and we had more than a thousand people. who were the 500? some in the crisis centre. as for going on holiday at the time... if i had

it photos of course the testimony from an now whistleblower in the foreign office. raphael marshall who is working on the desks during those very dark times when couple is being seized by the taliban. now he said, up to a 120000 people were contacting the foreign office here in westminster, pleading for the hope, saying you've got to do something. you've got to save us from the taliban, but only 5 percent received any assistance from the british government. which this man, this was a blow, it says thousands of people are left behind. but also ultimately thousands of people's lives were lost. i estimate fewer than 5 percent of these people have received any assistance. it is clear that some of those left behind have since been murdered by the taliban. h m g, therefore transported animals which were not at risk of hom, a direct expense of evacuating british nationals and people at risk of imminent murder. including interpreters who had served with the british army. what this whistleblower is now saying in the foreign office was totally unable to read, let alone respond as to the cohort. t

the government disputes the claims as bringing what we challenged sees in london and maria raphael marshall, stating quite a lot for the government to actually consider for that committee. what else was said? well there were 3 people on hand in this committee, basically giving their testimony from the foreign office and being grilled really on, on these allegations from rafa marshall that these people were philip boss and who's the head of the foreign office, the highest civil service, civil 7th and in that department, laurie bristow, who's a former ambassador to capital ad nigel, katy of the prime minister, special representative for afghanistan. all of these people were the instrumental in the way that things unfold. aids in that august evacuation. they were dos, different questions because they had different roles. but for the boss and who is that the head of the, the foreign office said that yes, there were things that they could and should have done better. but this is a complex and challenging situation. they did successfully evacuate 15000 people. they wish they could have got out mo

this test may comes from a former foreign office, civil servant, i am, excuse me, his name is raphael marshall, and he's just 25 years of age. so he's not very senior. but he was certainly on the front line here in westminster during those very dark days where people are scrambling to try and get out of cobble as the area was being seized by the taliban . now he reveals a multiple array of mess up here in white till that the government's evacuation mission was essentially failing due to being unable to processing the amounts of emails coming from afghanistan. and what he says was at leave tens of thousands of people behind i estimate between 75150000 people applied for evacuation. many of these emails were not read. they were usually over 5000 unread emails in the inbox at any given moment, including many unread emails dating from early in august. these emails were desperate an urgent. now he also says, thousands of emails were actually opened, but they want dealt with only full bars. johnson, the prime minister to go back to parliament and say, well, all of the messages have now been opened,

raphael marshall, who resigned from hisjob in september, has told a committee of mps it's clear someleft behind have since been murdered by the taliban. he says thousands of emails pleading for british help went unread, and that the foreign secretary at the time — dominic raab — was slow to make decisions. mr raab has denied the claims. this afternoon, the committee also heard evidence from the most senior civil servant at the foreign office, who said he regrets being on holiday during the crisis. here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. kabul airport last summer, as thousands sought to flee the advancing taliban. amid chaotic scenes, britain and other western powers tried to evacuate those it could, but according to a whistle—blower, there was chaos in london, too. the foreign office crisis centre was handling requests from afghans at risk from the taliban because of their links to the uk. one official working there, raphael marshall, said the process of choosing who could be evacuated was arbitrary and dysfunctional. he said up to 150,000 people applied for evacuation un

raphael marshall said the process of choosing who could be evacuated was dysfunctional.f the those left behind have since been murdered by the taliban. 0ne weekend in august, when these afghans were trying to get up, mr marshall said there was too few staff, and on saturday, he was the only one monitoring the cases and emails. mr marshall said there was too few staff, and on saturday, he was the only one monitoring the cases and emails. he said staff lacked expertise in afghanistan and soldiers brought in to help couldn�*t access computers. mr marshall singled out dominic raab, who said delayed taking decision is alme s until he had all the facts. he suggested he did not understand the situation. a claim mr raab denies. in terms of presentation, of course with the volume of claims coming in, - i make no apology for saying i needed the clear facts- for each case so we could make swift decisions. - the prime minister visiting a prison said today the evacuation it is the story of the system that just was not working. and asked the men responsible, why?— men responsible, why

raphael marshall told mps that it was clear some of those left behind had since been murdered by then secretary at the time — dominic raab — was slow to make decisions. mr raab has denied the claims. here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. kabul airport last summer as thousands sought to flee the advancing taliban. amid chaotic scenes, britain and other western powers tried to evacuate those they could, but according to a whistle—blower there was chaos in london, too. the foreign office crisis centre was handling requests from afghans who were at risk because of the links to the uk. a young official working there said the process of choosing who could be evacuated was arbitrary and dysfunctional. he said up to 150,000 people applied for evacuation, but he estimated fewer than 5% of these people have received any assistance. it is clear that some of the those left behind have since been murdered by the taliban. one weekend in august, when these afghans were trying to get out, mr marshall said there was too few staff. and one afternoon, he was the only person monitoring e—ma