Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme

Part of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – in the House of Commons at on 24 October 2023.

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Photo of John Baron John Baron Conservative, Basildon and Billericay

Last week, the Government made the right decision to lift the quota for pathway 3, thus allowing all eligible British Council contractors to come to the UK. However, many contractors and their families are waiting in Pakistan for clearance to come to the UK because accommodation has yet to be arranged. May I urge the Government to resolve that housing issue urgently, given the Pakistani authorities’ threat to return the contractors to Afghanistan next month? That would be a disaster, and we need to sort it out now.