Refugees: Afghanistan

(asked on 15th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has been made of the number of Afghan nationals called forward for evacuation but unable to board flights who will be offered a place under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 22nd October 2021

Regrettably we were not able to evacuate all individuals eligible for the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) prior to the conclusion of Operation Pitting on 28 August. Of the 311 ARAP eligible individuals who were not evacuated, 245 remain in Afghanistan and the MOD's commitment to them endures.

There will be no requirement to consider these individuals for the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) as the MOD is continuing to facilitate relocation to the UK for these individuals under the ARAP scheme.

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