Afghanistan: Refugees

(asked on 31st January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Departments, how many Afghan citizens have been resettled in the UK since August 2021.


Answered by
Robert Jenrick Portrait
Robert Jenrick
This question was answered on 3rd February 2023

The latest operational data, effective at Friday 4 November 2022, shows that, since August 2021, the UK has issued a grant of Leave to Remain to 12,296 individuals who are eligible for resettlement or relocation under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) or Afghan Relocation & Assistance Policy (ARAP)

More information is available at:

Afghan Resettlement Programme: operational data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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