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Almost as many Afghans arriving in Channel crossings as in resettlement schemes

Almost as many Afghan nationals arrived in the UK having made the dangerous Channel crossing as through the Government’s legal routes in the year to March, the latest figures show. A total of 5,662 Afghan nationals came to the UK having crossed the ...

23 May 2024 at 16:03

Afghan family reunion route opens three years after Taliban takeover evacuation

A long-awaited reunion route has opened for families separated during the evacuation of Afghanistan almost three years ago amid the Taliban takeover. People who were able to escape to the UK under legal routes previously set up by the government ...

30 Jul 2024 at 13:30

Sunak insists his ‘Stop the Boats’ pledge will cut ‘unacceptable’ asylum bill

Rishi Sunak warned the asylum system is under “unsustainable pressure” after the bill for the taxpayer almost doubled in a year to nearly £4 billion. The Prime Minister, who has promised to “stop the boats” bringing migrants across the English ...

24 Aug 2023 at 23:02

Government ‘failing Afghans as safe routes not matching scale of need’

Vulnerable Afghans are being failed by Government, a humanitarian group said as figures showed just 107 were resettled in the UK in the year to June under part of a scheme set up to help the most in need. The latest statistics come as it was ...

24 Aug 2023 at 18:33

British embassy worker ‘betrayed’ by Government as children targeted by Taliban

A British embassy security guard who fled Afghanistan said he feels “betrayed” by the UK Government after his oldest children were left behind and forced into hiding from the Taliban. Ahmad – not his real name – who worked for the British ...

30 Sept 2024 at 00:01

Government urged to ‘rethink’ after just 22 fleeing Afghans resettled via UNHCR

Just 22 people, including eight children, have been resettled in the UK having fled Afghanistan under part of a Government scheme which promised to help vulnerable refugees. It comes as the figure for Afghan nationals arriving to the UK ...

23 Feb 2023 at 14:10

Cost of asylum system nears £4bn as backlog hits new record high

Cost of asylum system tops £3.97bn as backlog hits new record high

The cost of the UK’s asylum system almost doubled in a year and now stands at nearly £4 billion as the backlog hit another record high. Home Office spending on asylum rose by £1.85 billion, from £2.12 billion in 2021/22 to £3.97 ...

24 Aug 2023 at 16:50

Family of Afghan boy stranded in France condemn Priti Patel’s ‘false promises’

The family of an 11-year-old Afghan refugee stranded in France after getting separated from his parents in the Kabul airport bombing has accused Priti Patel of making “false promises” over safe routes into the UK. Qamar ...

23 Jul 2022 at 19:10

Afghan resettlement schemes to close to new applications under rule changes

Resettlement schemes for Afghans to come to the UK after the Taliban takeover will be closed as ministers seek to focus defence efforts on the nation’s security. New immigration rule changes laid in Parliament on ...

01 Jul 2025 at 15:10

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