Afghanistan: Refugees

(asked on 7th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many refugee claims have been rejected under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme since April 2023.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 14th November 2023

Since 1 April 2023, a total of 67,338 ARAP applications have been found ineligible.

ARAP was always intended to be a relocation scheme specifically for those who served in the employ of the British military (in all but a very narrow number of cases), or in support of wider UK national security objectives, as set out in the specific eligibility criteria in the ARAP policy.

A finite number of Afghans are therefore eligible for ARAP and The Ministry of Defence are prioritising finding and relocating those who we know are eligible.

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