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Leo Docherty: As of 6 July, 45 individuals eligible under Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) have been relocated from Pakistan to the UK in 2023.
James Heappey: Between December 2022 and May 2023, 15 Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) eligible principals and 49 of their family members were relocated to the UK. Over this same period 4,129 unique ARAP applications were received. The ARAP scheme is not, and never was, intended as a general resettlement scheme for all Afghans. As such the vast majority of the applications received between the...
James Heappey: Since December 2022, as and when relocation to the UK has become possible for ARAP eligible individuals and their families, travel to the UK has been via commercial flights rather than RAF flights. Hence, no RAF flights have flown ARAP EPs from Pakistan to the UK between April 2023 and June 2023.
James Heappey: The number of ARAP eligible principals who have failed to respond to contact is currently 70. Of these, our records show that 37 were in Afghanistan at the time of their last contact with the Ministry of Defence. Applicants may fall out of contact with us for a variety of reasons: they may have changed their contact details and not informed us or have decided to relocate elsewhere. We...
Robert Jenrick: ...) (published on 25 May 2023), show that since their first arrivals in 2021, the Afghan schemes – the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) - have resettled a total of 21,004 people. More information on the number of grants of Indefinite Leave to Remain issued to Afghans resettling under the ARAP or ACRS can be viewed at: ...
James Heappey: Since the launch of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme in April 2021, we have received over 141,000 applications, and have relocated over 12,200 eligible individuals and their family members to safety in the UK. We are unable to breakdown our figures by specific job role.
James Heappey: The Ministry of Defence continues to process ARAP applications at pace thanks to the recruitment of more caseworkers and improved systems and processes. In the first half of 2023, we have issued over 29,000 eligibility decisions and we aim to process all outstanding initial applications by August 2023. If the hon. Member would like an update on a specific case, I will happily provide one via...
Robert Jenrick: Those applying for the ARAP and ACRS will be able to access the Find Your Own accommodation pathway. Local Authorities will be able to use the funding to secure private rented accommodation for an Afghan household. The government is providing £285 million of new funding to local authorities supporting the Afghan resettlement schemes. This includes £35 million in new cash for local...
Robert Jenrick: Those applying for the ARAP and ACRS will be able to access the Find Your Own accommodation pathway. Local Authorities will be able to use the funding to secure private rented accommodation for an Afghan household. The government is providing £285 million of new funding to local authorities supporting the Afghan resettlement schemes. This includes £35 million in new cash for local...
James Heappey: As of 21 June 2023, 36,348 ARAP applications have been refused while 3,470 applications have been deemed eligible. Of these, approximately 220 principal applicants remain in Afghanistan, while 271 are in Islamabad. We have relocated 2,684 principal applicants to safety in the UK - over 12,200 people in total including family members. The remainder are in locations other than those listed in...
Robert Jenrick: Through the Ex-Gratia Scheme we relocated c.1,400 people including Locally Engaged Staff and their immediate families to the UK. The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), announced on 29 December 2020 and launched on 1 April 2021, was established to follow on from and replace the Ex-Gratia Scheme which ran until November 2022, at which point the ARAP became the single route for...
Felicity Buchan: ...the work of local authorities up and down the country in providing housing and integration support to enable Afghan families to begin their new lives in the UK. All Afghan arrivals via the ARAP and ACRS schemes have had the right to work and receive benefits from the first day of their arrival, as well as access to public services which includes housing and homelessness assistance. Under...
James Heappey: ...lives working for and alongside UK forces in Afghanistan. It is in recognition of this contribution and associated risk that the Government introduced the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme on 1 April 2021 to provide relocation or other assistance to Afghan nationals who meet the criteria set out in the Immigration Rules. As of June 2023, we have relocated over 12,200...
Robert Jenrick: The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) references in the Government grant statistics 2021-2022 relate to the resettlement tariff provided to local authorities. This grant contributes towards the cost of resettlement and integration for those being resettled and relocated under those schemes. These funding arrangements are kept under...
Robert Jenrick: ...the UK. We continue to process applications but will only facilitate arrivals from third countries under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) where suitable accommodation can be secured ahead of arrival, including where individuals are able to find their own accommodation.
Robert Jenrick: ...2023), show that a total of 21,004 people have been resettled in the UK under the Afghan schemes – the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP). We do not want to see Afghan families and individuals in bridging accommodation for any longer than is necessary – and we are working alongside c.350 local authorities to support all...
John Healey: ...Paper is published? Where is the Defence Secretary? Where is his vision for UK leadership and contribution to NATO? Where is his apology for the failure to honour this nation’s pledge under the ARAP—Afghan relocations and assistance policy—scheme to those brave Afghans who put their lives at risk to work alongside our forces? Where is the action that he is taking to fix MOD...
...Kong British National (Overseas) routes.”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment would exclude the schemes for those displaced from Ukraine, the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and the Hong Kong BN(O) routes from the safe and legal routes cap. None of these schemes are currently capped.
James Heappey: ...group's relocations by month. However, we can confirm that as per my answer to Question 187104, our records show that four individuals remain in Afghanistan who were confirmed as eligible for ARAP prior to the end of Op Pitting. We are actively supporting the relocation of those wishing to relocate to the UK. Afghanistan: Refugees (docx, 22.2KB)
Robert Jenrick: ....UK (published on 25 May 2023), show that since their first arrivals in 2021, the Afghan schemes – the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) - have resettled a total of 21,004 people. A breakdown in these statistics by ACRS pathway, shows that we have now resettled: 9,059 individuals under ACRS Pathway 1, 40 individuals under...
