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Lord Murray of Blidworth: ...with them. Whilst the Home Office are currently not able to provide a breakdown of family members data, work is underway to assure information relating to all the individuals relocated under the ARAP and ACRS is on case working systems. Once this work concludes, further statistics on both schemes - including the number of people resettled under each - will be included in the published...
Lord Murray of Blidworth: ...whom were children, were living in temporary accommodation such as hotels. Work is underway to assure information relating to all the individuals relocated under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) on case working systems. Once this work concludes, further statistics on both schemes will be included in the published...
Baroness Smith of Newnham: My Lords, there is a difference between the ARAP scheme, which did not have a limit on numbers, and the ACRS. My understanding is that some former British Council contractors are deemed eligible to come but have additional family members, which has delayed their ability to come to the United Kingdom. What conversations is the Minister having with the Home Office about this matter? In...
Lord Murray of Blidworth: ...2021). Whilst Home Office are currently not able to provide a breakdown of this data for family members, work is underway to assure information relating to all the individuals relocated under the ARAP and ACRS on case working systems. Once this work concludes, further statistics on both schemes - including the number of people resettled under each - will be included in the published...
Leo Docherty: ...being deported by the Pakistani authorities, but do not hold data on the number potentially affected. We are not aware of Afghans in Pakistan eligible for resettlement in the UK under the MOD-led ARAP or Home Office-led ACRS schemes being affected. Supporting the resettlement of eligible Afghans remains an HMG priority.
Robert Jenrick: ...2022, shows that, since August 2021, the UK has issued a grant of Leave to Remain to 12,296 individuals who are eligible for resettlement or relocation under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) or Afghan Relocation & Assistance Policy (ARAP) More information is available at: Afghan Resettlement Programme: operational data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Baroness Coussins: My Lords, at the end of December there were an estimated 150 Afghan interpreters still in Afghanistan, eligible but unprocessed under either the ACRS or ARAP. Given that many of them would already have been eligible under the previous ex-gratia scheme or the intimidation policy designed primarily for interpreters, can the Minister commit to fast-tracking these cases for a group of...
Lord Murray of Blidworth: In line with our existing policy, those resettled under Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and relocated under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) may be able to be accompanied by their immediate family members. The government remains committed to providing protection for vulnerable people fleeing Afghanistan. However, the situation is very complex and presents...
James Heappey: Leave Outside the Rules was the previous way of applying for Additional Family Members (AFM) under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP). AFM are now included within the ARAP immigration rules. ARAP eligibility entitles individuals to apply for AFM under ARAP only, not the Afghan Citizen Relocation Scheme. This makes it highly unlikely that principals would consider AFM and ACRS...
James Heappey: The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme was launched on 1 April 2021 and as such, the data requested can only be provided from April 2021 onwards. This can be found in the table below: Month Total ARAP relocations to the UK April 2021 9 May 2021 13 June 2021 115 July 2021 894 August 2021 5,947 September 2021 42 October 2021 163 November 2021...
Lord Murray of Blidworth: To date the government has issued Indefinite Leave to Remain to over 6,300 individuals under Pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and we continue to welcome arrivals under this pathway who were called forward during the evacuation but were not able to travel. Since September 2022, we are pleased to have welcomed the first families under Pathway 2. Under Pathway 3, the...
Leo Docherty: The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) is for Afghan citizens who worked for or with the UK Government in Afghanistan in exposed or meaningful roles and may include an offer of relocation to the UK. The ARAP scheme launched on 1 April 2021 and remains open. The MOD is the lead department for the ARAP scheme, but the FCDO assesses eligibility for a small number of applicants who...
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) principals with confirmation of their eligibility for relocation to the UK under the ARAP scheme made before the end of Operation PITTING remain in Afghanistan.
Robert Jenrick: ...receiving referrals from UNHCR for up to 2,000 refugees during the first year of pathway 2, although this number will be kept under review. We will continue to receive UNHCR referrals to the scheme in coming years. We have brought around 6,000 Afghans to the UK under ARAP and ACRS Pathway 1 since Operation Pitting and the fall of Kabul. Statistics are available at Afghan Resettlement...
Stuart McDonald: ...in Government.” Many of those described as having been utterly let down by the FCDO are now caught up in attempting to leave Afghanistan by using pathway 3 of the Afghan citizen resettlement scheme. As Members set out, they face huge peril, and it is right that we scrutinise very closely indeed how the Government are responding to their needs, given that stinging critique. We welcome the...
Robert Jenrick: ...2022:22,833 individuals from Afghanistan have been brought to safety in the UK (since the end of June 2021).Of these, c6000 individuals arrived after Op Pitting - via Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) Pathway 1 and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP).We have granted Indefinite Leave to Remain to 12,296 individuals across ACRS and ARAP, of which: - total ACRS Pathway 1...
Sarah Champion: ...to so many and opens up potential for thousands, if not millions, yearly. We are right to fight for it. The Select Committee on International Development, which I chair, did an inquiry into the ARAP and ACRS schemes and found that they are far too restrictive and slow, especially when it comes to non-governmental organisations such as the British Council. Those schemes are failing the very...
Robert Halfon: ...will qualify for fee loans and loans for living costs for the first time, eligibility for student finance will be extended to certain family members of those granted leave under the main Ukrainian schemes, and eligibility for family members of the Afghan schemes has been brought into line with refugees and their family members. I can confirm today that maximum tuition fees for...
James Heappey: To date, we have relocated over 12,000 individuals under the ARAP scheme to the UK. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of these figures by job role or specific unit.
Robert Jenrick: ..., another 779 people have been matched to a home and are waiting to move in. Work is underway to assure information relating to all the individuals resettled under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) on case working systems. Once this work concludes, further statistics on both schemes - including the number of people...
