Written Question

Afghanistan: Refugees

Friday 26th April 2024

Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) principals and (b) dependents are being housed in military accommodation under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy as of 18 April 2024.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

As of 22 April 2024, our records show around 4,602 Afghans (principal applicants and family members) eligible for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme (ARAP) are being housed in military accommodation.

This includes 2,452 Afghans in settled Service Family Accommodation, and 2,150 Afghans in temporary Reception Sites and transitional Service Family Accommodation prior to onwards movement into settled accommodation.

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Written Question

Afghanistan: Refugees

Friday 26th April 2024

Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan people are (a) in the UK and (b) awaiting an initial decision on their eligibility under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme as of 18 April 2024.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

As of 23 April 2024, we have relocated over 16,300 Afghans to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP).

For statistics on the number of ARAP applicants awaiting a decision, I refer the right hon. Member to my answer to Question 22470.

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Written Question

Refugees: Afghanistan

Friday 26th April 2024

Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan (a) principals and (b) dependents are being housed in hotel accommodation under the (i) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (ii) Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

The UK has made an ambitious and generous commitment to resettle Afghans fleeing persecution and those who served the UK.

The latest published Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) show that (up to the end of December 2023) we have brought around 27,900 people to safety from Afghanistan and the region.

These statistics also show that:

• We have resettled 10,520 people under all three of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) pathways;
• We have relocated 14,423 under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP); and

• 125 people, around half of whom are children, were living in interim accommodation (i.e. hotels/serviced accommodation) at the end of December 2023.

Afghan operational data is viewable at Afghan Resettlement Programme: operational data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: A record 16.7 million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance: UK statement at the UN Security Council
Document: A record 16.7 million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance: UK statement at the UN Security Council (webpage)

Found: we remain steadfast in our support of host countries to manage refugee communities and ensure that refugees

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Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Home Office

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Rwanda
Document: Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Rwanda (webpage)

Found: provision of an asylum partnership to strengthen shared international commitments on the protection of refugees

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Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Home Office

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Rwanda
Document: (PDF)

Found: provision of an asylum partnership to strengthen shared international commitments on the protection of refugees

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Select Committee

Mental Health Foundation

DES0036 - Devolution of employment support

Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024

Inquiry: Devolution of employment support
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: problems, and people from Black and minority ethnic communities, as well as asylum seekers and refugees

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Select Committee

Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, University of Liverpool

DES0019 - Devolution of employment support

Written Evidence Apr. 25 2024

Inquiry: Devolution of employment support
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: learning to be available to build confidence aligned to local skills priorities, such as helping refugees

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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Manston arrivals and processing centre
Document: Manston arrivals and processing centre (webpage)

Found: Related content Collection Asylum accommodation Explore the topic Refugees

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