Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals from the UNHCR to the Afghan Citizens Referral Scheme under Pathway 2 have been (a) received, (b) refused and (c) approved; and how many have people have arrived in the UK via this route.

Under Pathway 2, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) refer refugees who have fled Afghanistan to the scheme, based on their assessments of protection needs and vulnerabilities.

We are pleased to have now welcomed the first arrivals to the UK under ACRS Pathway 2, and we will continue to welcome many more people as we receive further UNHCR referrals.

Resettlement figures for the ACRS will be published in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics, which will allow progress to be monitored transparently.

The Home Office will include Afghan resettlement statistics in its quarterly Immigration Statistics publications in due course.

Under Pathway 2, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) refer refugees who have fled Afghanistan to the scheme, based on their assessments of protection needs and vulnerabilities.

We are pleased to have now welcomed the first arrivals to the UK under ACRS Pathway 2, and we will continue to welcome many more people as we receive further UNHCR referrals.

Resettlement figures for the ACRS will be published in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics, which will allow progress to be monitored transparently.

The Home Office will include Afghan resettlement statistics in its quarterly Immigration Statistics publications in due course.