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Baroness Williams of Trafford: My Lords, the UK has committed to resettle up to 20,000 at-risk individuals through the Afghanistan citizens’ resettlement scheme, in addition to relocating those who supported our Armed Forces or the UK Government in Afghanistan through the Afghan relocations and assistance policy, or ARAP. We continue to work with EU partners to co-ordinate our response to Afghanistan and support those...
James Cleverly: Well, the hon. Gentleman said that there should one scheme. There cannot be one system for British nationals, Afghan nationals who have worked with us and Afghan nationals who have not worked with us. He says that Members are being told to send things in three different directions. That has not been the case. If he listens back to the speech that I just made, he will hear me saying that the...
Steve Barclay: The government has announced the Afghanistan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme which will relocate 5,000 vulnerable Afghans in its first year, potentially rising to 20,000 over the long term. The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) for those who worked with the UK in Afghanistan also remains open. More detail on funding for local authorities to support those eligible for both...
Nigel Adams: ...their safe passage out of the country is an immediate priority. We are working through our diplomatic channels to that end. We have brought 2,000 people to the UK between April and August under the ARAP scheme. We have been clear that the Taliban must allow safe passage for those who want to leave.
Nigel Adams: ..., campaigners for women's rights, judges and many others. All these figures include dependants. This is in addition to the 2,000 people we brought to the UK between April and August under the ARAP scheme.
James Heappey: ...evacuation of many thousands of people from Afghanistan, beginning on 17 August and concluding on 28 August. Prior to Operation PITTING, an estimated 2,000 Afghans eligible for relocation under the ARAP scheme were welcomed to the UK since the launch of the scheme in April 2021.
James Heappey: The Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) has seen thousands of eligible persons relocated to the UK, including British nationals and their families, Afghan former UK staff and their families, and many highly vulnerable Afghan people. We owe a debt of gratitude to those who risked their lives working alongside UK forces in Afghanistan and believe that nobody's life should be put at...
James Heappey: Our commitment to Afghanistan, and those who supported our mission there, continues. The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme is one of the most generous in the world, and the process to deliver it is not time-limited and will endure. The Government is working to facilitate the continued relocation of those who are eligible and we will work with international partners on...
James Heappey: Under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP), more than 7,000 current and former Locally Employed Staff (LES) have now been relocated to the UK, with around 5,000 of these being evacuated during Operation Pitting. The ARAP scheme is not time-limited and will endure, remaining open to all who risked their lives supporting the UK's mission in Afghanistan and to whom we owe a debt of...
James Heappey: ...a commitment is clear: that commitment to you is enduring. Operation PITTING saw the evacuation of thousands of people eligible for relocation under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP), including current and former locally employed staff and Afghan nationals who have been employed directly by Her Majesty's Government. The UK will continue to provide help to Afghans who have...
James Heappey: ...to those who put their lives at risk working alongside UK forces in Afghanistan, and believe that nobody's life should be put at risk because they supported the UK Government. For this reason, the ARAP scheme will remain open for those who worked with the UK in Afghanistan, including Afghan special forces, and we will facilitate relocation, from third countries if possible, for those eligible.
Victoria Atkins: ...War. Our armed forces and Civil Service staff worked around the clock to evacuate over 15,000 people. At the same time the Government has worked at pace to develop a new and bespoke resettlement scheme, announced on 18 August, which will relocate 5,000 vulnerable Afghans in its first year, rising to 20,000 long-term – one of the most generous schemes in British history. The Afghan...
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: ...on that specific issue. As I said to the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, as regards people appearing with the right documentation—these are British nationals—or indeed others, such as those on the ARAP scheme, we are working out some of the specific details. These countries are extremely concerned—this is why they have sealed their borders—that people will flock to their borders,...
the Bishop of Durham: ...to see safe commercial air routes reopen? I was going to ask something for myself, because I am working with local authorities, with MHCLG and the Home Office on refugee resettlement, both in ARAP and the new scheme, for which we still await the details. Housing is the biggest issue in all those conversations. What are the Government doing to persuade local authorities that private...
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: My Lords, in thanking her for her work on this issue as well, I assure the noble Baroness that for those who received a letter under the ARAP scheme, or those called forward under the leave outside the rules, that letter will continue to act as a prioritisation. All those under the ARAP scheme will be guaranteed access. The issue remains in-country, and with safe passage, and I assure the...
Nigel Adams: In addition to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and the existing Ex Gratia Scheme (EGS), which offer resettlement for Afghan staff who have assisted the UK government, and their families, we are also setting up the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme (ACRS). This scheme will welcome up to 5,000 vulnerable Afghans over the next year and up to a total of 20,000 over four...
Hilary Benn: ...review the application by S, the former interpreter for UK forces whose case was covered on Newsnight on 2 August 2021 and 19 August 2021, under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme.
James Heappey: ...Her Majesty's Government to work alongside UK forces in Afghanistan. These individuals and their families were eligible for relocation to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP). Regrettably, we were not able to evacuate all those we wanted to. We owe a debt of gratitude to all Afghan armed forces soldiers who put their lives at risk working alongside UK forces in...
Lisa Nandy: ...by this evening, can the Foreign Secretary assure us that it will be a real answer and not just a holding response? Can we have some clarity about who is actually eligible, especially under the ARAP scheme—it is welcome that the Secretary of State for Defence has stayed for the statement—because without clarity about who is eligible, people cannot risk heading to the border? It would...
Keir Starmer: ...months passed between the Doha agreement and the fall of Kabul, yet as the Prime Minister now concedes, only 2,000 of the 8,000 people eligible for the Afghan relocations and assistance policy—ARAP—scheme have been brought to Britain. A strategic review was published to much fanfare, but it did not mention the Taliban, NATO withdrawal or the Doha agreement. And the Prime Minister...
