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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]
More than 15,000 people were evacuated from the Afghan capital Kabul to the UK during two weeks in August 2021. ... The UK government's resettlement programme is helping some of those settle in ...
The MoD’s Afghan Relocations and Assistance Police (Arap) scheme is for those Afghans who served alongside British forces and has brought 3,662 people to the UK so far this year.
Resettlement schemes for Afghans to come to the UK after the Taliban takeover will eventually close, the Government has indicated. Defence Secretary John Healey said more than 1,000 eligible ...
After causing the death of over 14,000 Afghans, the revolt was finally quelled in January 1925. During the rebellion, The Afghan government portrayed rebel leaders as traitors seeking to serve British interests, and that the campaigns against the rebels were undertaken in the defense of Afghanistan against British influence.
[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 ...
The UK government is scrambling to find homes for Afghans eligible for sanctuary in Britain who are trapped in Pakistan after authorities announced a brutal crackdown on refugees, The Independent ...
While some have returned home, around 4.4 million Afghan nationals, both documented and undocumented, remained in Pakistan in October 2023 according to government figures. Many were born and raised in Pakistan and have never been to Afghanistan. [12] [13] The government claimed around 1.7 million were without visas. [14]