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Resettlement: Afghanistan

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Question for Home Office

UIN 902175, tabled on 14 November 2022

Question

Dr Alan Whitehead
Labour
Southampton, Test
Commons

What progress she has made on implementing the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.

Answer

Robert Jenrick
Conservative
Newark
Commons

Answered on

14 November 2022

We are pleased to report all three referral pathways on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) are now open to receive referrals, to provide a route for resettlement to the UK for at-risk individuals in Afghanistan and the region.

The ACRS was launched in January, with some of those evacuated under Op PITTING being granted a place.

We are now receiving referrals from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of vulnerable refugees who have fled Afghanistan for resettlement to the UK, and are pleased to have welcomed the first families under this Pathway (2) of the ACRS.

The FCDO launched Pathway 3, which will see eligible British Council and GardaWorld contractors and Chevening alumni considered for resettlement to the UK. The FCDO has begun notifying eligible individuals with advice on the next steps.

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