Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2024 to Question 19061 on Afghanistan, how many ARAP scheme applications have been reassessed as of 12 April 2024.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The reassessment of applications from those with credible links to former Afghan specialist units is well under way and is being conducted by staff independent of those who previously worked on these applications.
The first reassessment occurred on March 26, and we aim to complete reassessing the majority of the approximately 2,000 cases in scope of the review within around 12 weeks. Some complex cases might extend beyond this as we ensure all evidence is considered.
I will update the House once the review is completed, but my immediate priority is processing the cases as swiftly and diligently as possible and ensuring that the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme criteria is consistently applied to all applications being reassessed.
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral systemFound: greater use of the OSCE toolkit on issues of importance to Central Asian countries, particularly on Afghanistan
Apr. 16 2024
Source Page: Joint statement on Multilateral Development Bank Callable CapitalFound: MEMBERS Shares of Total Total Callable Paid -in Votes of Total REGIONAL Afghanistan
Apr. 16 2024
Source Page: Joint statement on Multilateral Development Bank Callable CapitalFound: Subscriptions Shareholder (in alphabetic order)Paid-in Capital ($ million)5Callable Capital ($ million)5 Afghanistan
Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Minister of Pakistan had used the Rwanda Bill as a legitimate reason that he could send people back to Afghanistan - Speech Link
2: Viscount Stansgate (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) My abiding concern remains for a class of people who served our country, who endured great danger in Afghanistan - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) In that way, we have secured the release of British nationals across the globe, including in Iran, Afghanistan - Speech Link
Written Evidence Apr. 15 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: few voluntary returns to many of the top countries of nationality for asylum seekers, such as Afghanistan
Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) They put their trust in the UK-US project in Afghanistan, and that trust has been thoroughly breached.I - Speech Link
2: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North) —[Official Report, House of Lords, 20 March 2024; Vol. 837, c. 254.]We know that families from Afghanistan - Speech Link
3: None Members, I have spoken to people who escaped Afghanistan—people who helped the police and UK armed forces - Speech Link
4: None It relates to Afghans who have come here after working alongside our own military personnel in Afghanistan - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) United Kingdom to offer humanitarian visas to people caught up in the conflicts in Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan - Speech Link