Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to offer eligibility to Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme to future Chevening Alumni from Afghanistan.

The UK has made an ambitious and generous commitment to help relocate at-risk people in Afghanistan. To date, nearly 24,600 people have been brought to safety, this includes the first individuals to be relocated under Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).

Under the first stage of Pathway 3, 1,500 places were made available to at risk people from three groups, who directly supported the UK and international community’s efforts in Afghanistan: British Council contractors, GardaWorld contractors and Chevening alumni. Our immediate focus is on ensuring their resettlement.

Beyond the first stage of Pathway 3, we will work with international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans at risk. Further detail will be set out in due course.

We recognise there are many vulnerable individuals who remain in Afghanistan and the region. Unfortunately, the capacity of the UK to resettle people is not unlimited and difficult decisions about who will be prioritised have to be made.