Visas: Afghanistan

(asked on 22nd June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide visas to Afghan journalists who have worked for the BBC.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 27th June 2022

The Government responded swiftly to the fast-moving and challenging events in Afghanistan, including supporting the largest and fastest evacuation in recent history. We helped over 15,000 people to safety from Afghanistan in August 2021 and we continue to do all we can to enable those who are eligible to relocate to the UK.

There have been approximately 100 Afghan journalists who have been evacuated and brought to safety since 1 August 2021.

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