Afghanistan: Refugees

(asked on 2nd June 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many government-funded flights from Pakistan to the UK with Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme passengers have taken off in each month since September 2021.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 8th June 2023

Since September 2021, 30 Government-funded flights have been organised by the Ministry of Defence to relocate Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) eligible individuals to the UK. This includes both RAF Voyager flights and civilian charter flights and therefore, the information requested can be found in the table below.

In addition to the flights shown below, some individuals have relocated to the UK on commercial flights with their travel funded by HM Government.

Month

RAF Voyager flights

Civilian Charter flights

September 2021

0

0

October 2021

3

0

November 2021

3

0

December 2021

1

0

January 2022

2

0

February 2022

2

0

March 2022

1

0

April 2022

2

0

May 2022

2

0

June 2022

1

0

July 2022

2

0

August 2022

1

1

September 2022

1

3

October 2022

2

0

November 2022

2

1

December 2022

0

0

January 2023

0

0

February 2023

0

0

March 2023

0

0

April 2023

0

0

May 2023

0

0

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