Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's guidance Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway 3: eligibility for British Council and GardaWorld contractors and Chevening Alumni, published on 17 October 2023, which countries are included in Afghanistan’s neighbouring region.
Under Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) the Government will offer places to eligible at risk British Council Contractors, Gardaworld contractors and Chevening alumni including their eligible family members from Afghanistan and the neighbouring region, which includes all countries that border Afghanistan. Each expression of interest is considered on a case-by-case basis. As announced on 17 October the FCDO will now refer all eligible people who expressed interest, including where this exceeds the original allocation of 1,500 places.