Asylum: Afghanistan
(asked on 11th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghans who initially arrived in the UK by small boat are now part of the Afghan Resettlement Programme.
Answered by
Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 24th February 2025
Individuals who arrive in the UK via small boat are not considered to meet the requirements for a grant of permission to remain in the UK, and are not therefore expected to be included in any of our resettlement schemes.