Afghanistan: Refugees

(asked on 23rd May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been relocated to the UK from hotels in Islamabad under the Afghan Relocations and Assistant Policy in (a) March, (b) April and (c) May 2023.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 5th June 2023

The Ministry of Defence continues to use commercial flights to bring individuals to the UK from a number of third countries. The number of individuals who have relocated to the UK exclusively from Pakistan under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) are set out in the table below:

Month

Number of ARAP individuals relocated to the UK from Pakistan

March 2023

1

April 2023

0

As of 24 May 2023

1

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