But the fact that we were forced to leave behind many of our Afghan allies, people who risked their lives to support our Defence and Police personnel, is extremely concerning. There's a humanitarian crisis of historic proportions happening in Afghanistan, and it is concerning that the Government seems to have been caught so unprepared. It is a stain on our work in Afghanistan. The political situation in Afghanistan has moved quickly, but it should have been no surprise that something like this would happen. The Prime Minister here indicated in February this year that New Zealand would withdraw our forces from Afghanistan. The people left behind may well be the drivers, the labourers, the interpreters, the cleaners, and the cooks—innocent people to whom we owe a debt. Some wrote directly to the Prime Minister in May this year, and it's been reported that the immigration Minister rejected many of the applications to come to New Zealand as recently as July. The lives of these people are now at risk, but the Government hasn't explained why those pleas were rejected.