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Robert Jenrick: Through Operation Warm Welcome, Afghans who come to the UK under the ARAP and ACRS schemes are supported in accessing vital healthcare. The latest Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2023 - GOV.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...
James Heappey: ...can be found in the table below. The data in the table is drawn from a live system and as such, is subject to change as we continue to refine and improve our processes. Month Number of ARAP applications received (including duplicates) Number of Unique ARAP applications processed / Total Number of Eligibility Decisions April 2021 118 7 May 2021 664 68 June 2021 4,460...
Jessica Morden: 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 as of 2 June 2023.
James Heappey: Since September 2021, 30 Government-funded flights have been organised by the Ministry of Defence to relocate Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) eligible individuals to the UK. This includes both RAF Voyager flights and civilian charter flights and therefore, the information requested can be found in the table below. In addition to the flights shown below, some individuals have...
James Heappey: As of 30 May 2023, 60,280 applications were awaiting an initial eligibility decision. The Ministry of Defence continues to process ARAP applications at pace, and in May we processed and issued decisions on more applications than in any month previously. We aim to process all outstanding initial applications by August 2023.
James Heappey: As of 31 May 2023, 28,790 ARAP applications have been rejected by the Ministry of Defence. A monthly breakdown is available below. A finite number of Afghans are eligible for ARAP. Based on HMG records, we estimate there are approximately 378 Afghans eligible for ARAP remaining in Afghanistan. It is important that every applicant to the scheme receives a response, but we know the vast...
Jessica Morden: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ARAP-eligible (a) principals and (b) family members have arrived in the UK in each of the last six months.
James Heappey: No Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) Principals have been resettled under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme (ARAP). The ACRS and ARAP are different schemes administered separately. ACRS is a referrals-based scheme, of which Pathway One is administered by the Home Office. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is not involved in the administration of the ACRS. Applications to...
Suella Braverman: ...resettled in and welcomed to the United Kingdom between 2015 and 2022. Almost 50,000 people have been resettled or relocated; more than 21,000 of them went through the Afghan schemes—the ACRS and ARAP—and more than 28,000 went through established resettlement schemes relating to other countries. I think that that is a good track record. There is a high number of people coming from...
James Heappey: ...to bring individuals to the UK from a number of third countries. The number of individuals who have relocated to the UK exclusively from Pakistan under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) are set out in the table below: Month Number of ARAP individuals relocated to the UK from Pakistan March 2023 1 April 2023 0 As of 24 May 2023 1
Robert Jenrick: ..., we have brought around 24,500 vulnerable people to safety, including thousands of people eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP). 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, statistics on both schemes,...
Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Department or agency is responsible for acquiring accommodation in the UK for ARAP-eligible Afghan nationals in British High Commission-funded hotels in Pakistan; and what the Government's timeline is for the acquisitions to meet the (a) demand and (b) the future need of those people eligible who are based in Afghanistan.
Robert Jenrick: ..., we have brought around 24,500 vulnerable people to safety, including thousands of people eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP). It is vital that those arriving have somewhere suitable to stay once they are in the UK. So, for those on ACRS and ARAP whom we have not yet brought to the UK, we will only facilitate...
Robert Jenrick: ...have brought around 24,500 vulnerable people to safety. This includes those evacuated during Operation Pitting and those relocated and resettled under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS). For those evacuated from Afghanistan under the ACRS without their immediate family members, further information will be made available in...
Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support (a) her Department and (b) the Ministry of Defence are providing to ARAP-eligible individuals who are accommodated in hotels in Pakistan and who are being advised by the UK Government that while waiting in Pakistan they should source their own accommodation within the UK.
Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ARAP-eligible Afghans have (a) successfully managed to find their own accommodation and (b) have been relocated to the UK by following the guidance on independently sourcing accommodation.
Felicity Buchan: The Home Office is the department responsible for the ACRS and ARAP schemes, including for providing tariff funding for local authorities. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is supporting cross-Government work to help Afghans into private rental sector accommodation where possible, and Government is providing £35 million of additional funding to local authorities for...
Robert Jenrick: ...brought approximately 24,500 vulnerable people to safety, including thousands of people eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP). We do not want to see Afghan families already in the UK in bridging accommodation for any longer than is necessary. That is why we have been working across government to support families...
Robert Jenrick: ...published on 23 February 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 21,387 people. Under the scheme’s second pathway, which opened in 2022, we have now begun to receive the first referrals from the United Nations High...
Robert Jenrick: ...Home Office do not hold centralised data on this. The latest Immigration System Statistics, year ending December 2022, show that since their first arrivals in 2021, the Afghan schemes (ACRS and ARAP) have resettled a total of 21,387 people.
