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 decisions have been taken on applications through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme was since its establishment on 1 April 2021.


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

The information requested can be found in the table below. The data in the table is drawn from a live system and as such, is subject to change as we continue to refine and improve our processes.

Month

Number of ARAP applications received (including duplicates)

Number of Unique ARAP applications processed / Total Number of Eligibility Decisions

April 2021

118

7

May 2021

664

68

June 2021

4,460

81

July 2021

3,726

354

August 2021

63,179

2,237

September 2021

16,508

10

October 2021

5,897

49

November 2021

4,511

9

December 2021

3,220

14

January 2022

6,384

140

February 2022

3,723

244

March 2022

2,197

348

April 2022

1,670

48

May 2022

1,907

96

June 2022

1,729

394

July 2022

1,768

1,155

August 2022

2,684

1,659

September 2022

2,170

1,701

October 2022

2,051

2,043

November 2022

1,784

2,550

December 2022

1,284

2,196

January 2023

1,348

2,845

February 2023

2,126

3,280

March 2023

1,474

3,949

April 2023

1,500

2,217

May 2023

1,023

4,632

To note, the number of unique Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) applications (excluding duplicate applications) processed is the same as the number of eligibility decisions made and therefore, the answer to questions b) and c) have been answered under the same column.

There are a high number of duplicate ARAP applications and when an eligible decision is made on each unique ARAP application, this will simultaneously process all associated duplicate application. Therefore, the figure for total cleared applications will be much greater.

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