Immigration: Afghanistan

(asked on 27th February 2025) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghans have been granted (a) indefinite leave to remain and (b) British citizenship since 15 August 2021.


Answered by
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Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 6th March 2025

The Home Office publishes information on Settlement by nationality in the Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), direct link to the Settlement data tables. The statistics relate to grants and refusals of settlement and refer to individuals who wish to make their right to remain in the UK indefinite.

The Home Office publishes information on Citizenship by nationality in the Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), direct link to the Citizenship data tables. The statistics relate to applications, grants and refusals of Citizenship.

Additionally, the Home Office publishes data on refugees resettled under resettlement schemes in the Asylum and Resettlement data tables.

The latest data relates to year 2024.

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