Refugees: Afghanistan

(asked on 15th May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral statement of 28 March by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Official Report, column 849, when she plans to announce arrangements for the relocation to the UK of Afghans eligible for Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy in British High Commission funded hotels in Islamabad..


Answered by
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Robert Jenrick
This question was answered on 18th May 2023

The Home Office facilitates travel for individuals accepted by the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy only once suitable accommodation has been found. This includes individuals who have arranged their own accommodation in the UK.

We continue to work at pace with Local Authorities and other partners to source suitable accommodation, in order to be able to welcome more Afghans.

Between 2015 and 2022, we have offered places to almost half a million (481,804) people from all over the world seeking safety with our country specific and global safe and legal routes.

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