Refugees: Afghanistan

(asked on 8th September 2021) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional funding will be made available to local authorities housing refugees via the Afghan Citizens Resettlement scheme.


Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 13th September 2021

The government has announced the Afghanistan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme which will relocate 5,000 vulnerable Afghans in its first year, potentially rising to 20,000 over the long term. The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) for those who worked with the UK in Afghanistan also remains open. More detail on funding for local authorities to support those eligible for both schemes will be announced shortly.

In addition to the Afghan schemes, the Home Office also delivers the UK Resettlement Scheme which resettles vulnerable refugees from a range of regions of conflict and instability.

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