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Between 1994 and 2006, around 36,000 Afghans claimed asylum in the UK. [7] Many whose claims were refused have not returned to Afghanistan, although the International Organization for Migration has helped some voluntarily return. [7] 5,540 Afghan nationals were granted British citizenship in 2008, down from 10,555 in 2007. [8]
[23] [24] [25] In December 2020, the UK government launched the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme to offer relocation of eligible Afghans to the UK. An Afghan Threat and Risk Evaluation Unit (ATREU) was established at the British Embassy in Kabul to assess candidates. The scheme began to offer relocation or other assistance ...
Prior to the 20th century, the leader of the British government held the title of First Lord of the Treasury, and not that of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Therefore, the list below refers to the "Head of Government" and not the "Prime Minister". Even so, the leader of a government was often colloquially referred to as the "prime ...
Exclusive: Nearly 3,000 Afghans, many of whom worked for the British army, have been stranded in Islamabad for months after the UK stopped chartering flights last year
High Court judge orders ministers to relocate Afghan refugee stuck in Iran to UK as soon as possible
The UK has already evacuated more than 15,000 people since August 13, of whom more than 8,000 are Arap claimants. Afghans who helped Britain will get indefinite leave to remain in UK [Video] Skip ...
The Government of the United Kingdom is divided into departments that each have responsibility, according to the government, for putting government policy into practice. [1] There are currently 24 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments, and 422 agencies and other public bodies, for a total of 465 departments. [2]
Some 6,042 Afghans were resettled in the year ending March 2024 under the legal routes created by the Home Office since 2021.