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Leo Docherty: ...in Pakistan closely. Staff in the High Commission are responsible for operational decision-making in relation to the safety of those eligible for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) being supported by HMG in Pakistan, including through managing the accommodation and other support provided. The MOD holds overall responsibility for administering the Afghan Relocations and...
James Heappey: As of 16 May 2023, 62,564 cases are awaiting processing. The Ministry of Defence continues to process ARAP applications at pace, and In January, February and March 2023 consecutively, 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 16 May 2023, 1,276 ARAP eligible people are currently accommodated by the British High Commission in Islamabad. Of these, 686 ARAP eligible individuals are under the age of 18. We continue to accommodate and support ARAP eligible people in Pakistan while they await relocation to the UK. When relocation becomes possible for individuals or family groups, we use commercial flights to bring...
Robert Jenrick: Since April 2021, we have relocated approximately 12,200 Afghans to the UK under ARAP. The last quarterly published figures show 8,565 relocated Afghans as part of ARAP and the Afghan Citizen Relocation Scheme (ACRS) have moved into a home, and a further 590 had been matched to a home and are waiting to move in. That does not include families who have made their own accommodation...
Robert Jenrick: All eligible Afghan citizens who come to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) have valid immigration status, which means that they have the right to work, the right to rent, access to education and healthcare and can apply for public funds. The Find Your Own (FYO) accommodation pathway has been established and...
Robert Jenrick: All eligible Afghan citizens who come to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) have valid immigration status, which means that they have the right to work, the right to rent, access to education and healthcare and can apply for public funds. The Find Your Own (FYO) accommodation pathway has been established and...
Robert Jenrick: ...help councils to source homes for Afghans currently in bridging accommodation. This new, generous package of support comes in addition to the existing support available for people on the ACRS and ARAP schemes, including access to welfare system, the right to work and full access to public services. The move from hotels into settled accommodation is in the best interests of families and...
Leo Docherty: The total cost HMG has incurred in providing accommodation to ARAP-eligible individuals in third countries between January 2022 to March 2023 is as follows: Pakistan: approximately £15.4 million. Iran: approximately £240,000. Turkey: approximately £80,000. Other countries: approximately £20,000.
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 four months of 2023 we issued more than 12,200 eligibility decisions. We aim to process all outstanding initial applications by August 2023.
James Heappey: The hon. Gentleman is referring to a veteran of the Afghan national security forces rather than the UK security forces. As I said in response to the original question on ARAP, the terms of ARAP were, from the very beginning, about those who worked with the UK armed forces in direct support of our role in Afghanistan, not the entirety of the Afghan national security forces. In the case the...
Ben Wallace: I can only talk on behalf of the ARAP cohort of people in the hotels. In the beginning of the process, over half went straight into the community and found places with family or friends. On the ones in hotels, the ARAP lodgers are different from those in the general asylum scheme. They can claim benefits, including housing benefit, and they can work immediately when they arrive. It is time...
Robert Jenrick: ...families to the UK. Of those staff, all but six were interpreters. Four were relocated under the now defunct Intimidation Policy, one under the new Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP). To date, we have relocated over 12,000 ARAP eligible principals and their immediate families to the UK, including over 5,000 since Operation PITTING concluded at the end of August 2021. We know...
Robert Jenrick: ...priority. The Intimidation Policy and Ex-Gratia Scheme (EGS) was initially set up to recognise this. The Ministry of Defence continues to receive an unprecedented number of applications to the ARAP scheme, many of which are speculative, or duplicates of applications already made. There has been total of 21,365 individuals arrive in the UK under the ARAP and Pathway 1of the Afghan Citizens...
Andrew Murrison: ...Subjects affected Date reported to the ICO A non-MODnet network was infected with malware. 263 07/01/2022 Sharing of e-mail contact details through a distribution list of individuals seeking ARAP support. 10 08/02/2022 An individual shared the content of a service complaint they had raised. 22 01/03/2022 Details of Army recruitment candidates were leaked to the dark web by...
Robert Jenrick: ...latest Immigration System Statistics, year ending December 2022, published on 23 February, show that since their first arrivals in 2021, the ACRS and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) have resettled a total of 21,387 people. These statistics also show that we have now relocated 11,212 individuals under ARAP scheme since it began in 2021. The Ministry of Defence (MOD)...
Robert Jenrick: ...latest Immigration System Statistics, year ending December 2022, published on 23 February, show that since their first arrivals in 2021, the ACRS and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) have resettled a total of 21,387 people. These statistics also show that we have now resettled more than 7,600 vulnerable Afghan nationals through the first phase of the ACRS. The Afghan...
James Heappey: The Home Office has been responsible for the resettlement of ARAP-eligible Afghans to the UK since the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme began. The Afghan Citizen's Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) is a separate scheme and is a Home Office lead. The delivery of Afghan relocation and resettlement under ARAP is a cross-HMG priority with several Departments playing a key role. The...
Robert Courts: resettled under ACRS and ARAP have been dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Where this has happened, we have worked in close collaboration with social services and the relevant Local Authority. The Government provides a warm welcome to Afghans arriving in the UK and all guests are registered with a GP or are being helped to do so. A full range of vaccinations are offered, alongside mental...
James Heappey: We have now re-established contact with one of the 54 ARAP eligible individuals with whom contact has been lost. Of the now 53 remaining principals, 11 have confirmed ARAP-eligible dependants with our caseworkers. We have not received details of dependants for the other 42 principals. Clearance for onward movement to the UK will be subject to Home Office visa checks. As noted in my previous...
Robert Jenrick: The eligibility criteria for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme are set out clearly in Appendix ARAP to the Immigration Rules. Anyone who meets those criteria and wishes to be considered can make a free, online ARAP application at any time and from any location.
