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James Heappey: As of 10 November 2023, we have approximately 2,000 ARAP applicants awaiting a decision, including those applications we continue to receive each week. Overall, we have received over 95,000 unique applications to the scheme. We are diligently combing through our records, searching for every eligible applicant and will leave no stone unturned to find all ARAP eligible Afghans.
Leo Docherty: ..., discussed this with Caretaker Prime Minister Kakar and Caretaker Foreign Minister Jilani and received assurances towards the safety of Afghans who are eligible for UK resettlement under the ARAP (Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy) and ACRS (Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme) schemes. We encourage Pakistan to adhere to its international human rights obligations and provide...
Sam Tarry: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applicants are assigned to each caseworker for the ARAP Scheme.
Luke Pollard: ...of the Minister for Veterans' Affairs of 19 September 2023 on Resettlement of Afghans, Official Report, column 1253, how many people from Afghanistan have waited more than two years for their ARAP applications to be processed; for what reason processing those applications has taken that long; and how many people from Afghanistan were awaiting a decision on their application as of 19...
James Heappey: Since 1 April 2023, a total of 372 Principal applicants have been found eligible for relocation under the ARAP scheme. I should note that the ARAP scheme is an application-based scheme offering support and assistance to those who worked for or alongside the UK in Afghanistan. It is not intended as a relocation scheme for refugees.
James Heappey: Since 1 April 2023, a total of 67,338 ARAP applications have been found ineligible. ARAP was always intended to be a relocation scheme specifically for those who served in the employ of the British military (in all but a very narrow number of cases), or in support of wider UK national security objectives, as set out in the specific eligibility criteria in the ARAP policy. A finite number of...
James Heappey: The Ministry of Defence oversees relocations from Pakistan of eligible Afghans under Afghan Relocation and Resettlement Policy (ARAP) scheme, working in partnership with other Departments. For the separate Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), flights and travel assistance are arranged by the Home Office and its partners, including the International Organization for Migration.
Robert Jenrick: ...being illegally present in Pakistan. We have engaged intensively with the Government of Pakistan to secure assurances that none of those eligible under Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will be subject to deportation while they await relocation to the UK.
Lord Sharpe of Epsom: ...people to safety in the United Kingdom following the collapse of Afghanistan the year before last. The Government remain committed to relocating eligible Afghans and their families under the ARAP scheme and the ACRS—we continue to honour this promise. The Government’s policy was to ensure that eligible Afghan families had secured accommodation in the UK before travel was facilitated...
Johnny Mercer: ...in the region have impacted our security assessments and previous assumptions. That has led to the Government’s removing the need for settled accommodation for individuals eligible under ARAP prior to relocation to the United Kingdom. The safety and security of ARAP-eligible Afghans has always been of paramount importance and we make no apology at all for changing the policy to react to...
Luke Pollard: ...of the Minister for Veterans' Affairs of 19 September 2023 on Resettlement of Afghans, Official Report, column 1253, how many people from Afghanistan have waited more than two years for their ARAP applications to be processed; for what reason has there been a delay in applications; and how many people from Afghanistan were awaiting a decision on their application as of 19 October 2023.
Leo Docherty: ...Government and British Council who supported the UK effort in Afghanistan, are both being considered for resettlement if they applied for the MOD-led Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme. The eligibility criteria for ARAP is set out on gov.uk. Any offer of resettlement will be contingent on security screening and provision of biometric information. We continue to work,...
Leo Docherty: HMG continues to welcome families to the UK under Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS). The Government looks forward to bringing all remaining eligible individuals to the UK as soon as practicable. We know there is still a way to go to bring those eligible to safety in the UK, but we are committed to continuing to welcome eligible...
Leo Docherty: ...Government and British Council who supported the UK effort in Afghanistan, are both being considered for resettlement if they applied for the MOD-led Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme. The eligibility criteria for ARAP is set out on gov.uk. Any offer of resettlement will be contingent on security screening and provision of biometric information. We continue to work,...
Robert Jenrick: ...to safety, including thousands of people eligible for our Afghan schemes. We continue to honour our commitments to bring eligible Afghans to the UK. The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme which was formally opened on the 1 April 2021 , has already relocated thousands of Afghans who have worked for or alongside the UK government, and their families, and who are deemed...
Robert Jenrick: Continuing to support the resettlement of eligible Afghans under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) & Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) remains a priority for the Government. To date, we have brought around 24,600 people affected by events in Afghanistan to safety, which includes those evacuated under Op PITTING. We are aware of recent Government of Pakistan...
Leo Docherty: Between August 2021 and September 2023, the UK spent approximately £26.7 million accommodating Afghan nationals eligible for resettlement in the UK under the ARAP and ACRS schemes in hotels in Pakistan.
Leo Docherty: As of 18 October 2023, there are approximately 3,250 Afghans eligible for resettlement in the UK under the ARAP or ACRS schemes in UK funded hotel accommodation in Pakistan.
Leo Docherty: As of 18 October 2023, there are approximately 3,250 Afghans eligible for resettlement in the UK under the ARAP or ACRS schemes in UK funded hotel accommodation in Pakistan.
John Healey: ...Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Veterans' Affairs of 19 September 2023 on Resettlement of Afghans, Official Report, column 1254, how many ARAP (a) principles and (b) dependents are housed in temporary accommodation under the local authority homelessness provision in the latest period for which data is available.
