Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how Afghan nationals can gain access to the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

The Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme commenced on 6 January 2022, providing up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.

Eligible individuals can be referred onto the Scheme in one of three ways.

• Under Pathway 1, vulnerable and at-risk individuals who arrived in the UK under the evacuation programme will be the first to be resettled under the ACRS. Those eligible who were called forward during the evacuation but were unable to board may also be resettled through this pathway.
  
• Under Pathway 2, we are working closely with UNHCR and continue to work towards receiving referrals shortly. Those referred by UNHCR will be based on an assessment of protection needs.
  
• In year one, Pathway 3 will resettle individuals who supported the UK and international community efforts in Afghanistan, including those British Council and GardaWorld contractors, and Chevening alumni who are at risk. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will be in touch with those eligible to support them through the next steps. Beyond the first year of the ACRS, we will work with international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans at risk.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement