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James Heappey: As of 22 March 2023, there are 63 ARAP-eligible individuals currently accommodated by the British High Commission (BHC) in Islamabad who have been there for longer than one year. The longest time that an ARAP-eligible individual has spent in BHC accommodation in Islamabad is 506 days as of 22 March 2023. Relocating those eligible under ARAP to the UK as quickly as possible remains a...
James Heappey: Since the end of Op PITTING, a total of 25 RAF Voyager flights have been organised by the Ministry of Defence to evacuate ARAP eligible individuals and their family members from Pakistan. Five civilian charter flights have also been used to relocate Afghans from Islamabad to the UK over this period, and individuals have also been relocated using commercial flights. A month-by-month...
Robert Jenrick: The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), launched on 1 April 2021, we have relocated c.12,100 Afghans, including LE Staff, to the UK under ARAP. The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) launched on the 6 January 2022 and will see 20,000 people from Afghanistan and the region resettled to the UK over the coming years. Around 6,500 people brought to safety in the UK during and...
James Heappey: As of 14 March, there are 73 personnel working on processing ARAP cases. This figure includes civilian, military and contractor staff assigned to the ARAP scheme in the UK and overseas. The MOD continues to seek and recruit suitable personnel to ensure all aspects of the ARAP scheme operate as efficiently as possible.
James Heappey: There are no plans to reopen the Ex-Gratia Scheme (EGS) which closed on 30 November 2022. EGS was replaced by the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme, which offers a safe and legal route for relocation to the UK for Afghan citizens who worked for or alongside UK forces in support of the UK mission in Afghanistan. The scope of those eligible under ARAP includes, and is wider...
Robert Jenrick: All those resettling under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) or Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), have recourse to public funds and the right to work and study. We are working intensively across government, and in partnership with local authorities across the country to both bring down the number of people in bridging hotels and help families move into more...
Robert Jenrick: ...in due course about options for reuniting with them. Otherwise, anyone without refugee status - including those resettled under ACRS Pathway 1 and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) - wishing to bring family members would need to apply through the regular family visa route under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.
Robert Jenrick: ...resettling in the UK into permanent accommodation as soon as possible. All those resettling under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) or Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), have recourse to public funds and the right to work and study. Local authorities currently receive integration tariff funding of £20,520 per person, over three years, for each Afghan family...
James Heappey: The number of individuals relocated to the UK under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme since December 2022 can be found in the table below: Month Total ARAP Relocations to the UK December 1 January 31 February 24 These relocation figures include eligible principals, their dependants who are eligible by default and additional family members (AFM) who...
James Heappey: ...-22 91 Jul-22 84 Aug-22 96 Sep-22 100 Oct-22 89 Nov-22 108 Dec-22 129 Jan-23 122 Feb-23 153 These figures include both civilian and military staff assigned to work on the ARAP scheme, in the UK and overseas.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) (a) principals and (b) dependents are currently being housed in bridging hotels following their relocation to the UK under that scheme.
Leo Docherty: The UK continues to work closely with Uzbekistan on the evacuation of Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) eligible persons. The Foreign Secretary discussed cooperation on Afghanistan with the Uzbek Foreign Minister at the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) Ministerial Council in December 2022. The Minister for South Asia, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon,...
Robert Jenrick: ...families will also receive £850 for English language provision for adults requiring this support. This funding is available to Local Authorities who resettle families under the 3-year ACRS/ARAP scheme with effect from 1 September 2021. Those over the age of 19 will have immediate access to funding through the Department for Education’s Adult Education Budget and be eligible for fully...
Robert Jenrick: We are unable to provide the data requested for family members of those relocated under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP). However, the latest quarterly Immigration Statistics publications show that, as of 23rd February 2023, 11,212 people have been relocated to the UK under the ARAP so far. The Government remains committed to providing protection for vulnerable and at-risk...
Lord Kamall: ...Higher Education (DelPHE) scheme, and who have subsequently been threatened by the Taliban regime, but have had their application to come to the UK under Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) rejected.
James Heappey: Every Afghan national that applies to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme deserves and must have a response. That's why the MOD has invested and continues to invest in additional casework resource, and has implemented a bespoke casework system to better manage applications. Thanks to these steps, we are now processing and issuing decisions on more applications per month...
Robert Jenrick: Afghan citizens and their family members who are assessed as eligible under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) are referred by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to the Home Office for permission to enter the UK subject to the enrolment of biometrics and security checks. Whilst there is currently no option to enrol biometrics in Afghanistan, we are working with the authorities...
James Heappey: As mentioned in my response of 31 January 2023, 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. Afghan nationals can both submit their own ARAP application and be included on an AFM application submitted by a different applicant with...
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: ...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 Immigration Statistics. We acknowledge that hotels do not provide...
