Source: Military.com
Thousands of Afghans briefly called Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia home after fleeing a Taliban takeover in August.
Tag Archives: Resettlement
First family resettled under Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme
Source: Gov.uk
The UK has now formally opened the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the first Afghan family has been granted indefinite leave to remain under the scheme. The ACRS is one of the most ambitious resettlement programmes in the world, and the first bespoke scheme in Europe to begin resettling Afghan evacuees.
Government spent £700k on company advising Afghans not to flee before Taliban takeover
Source: The Independent
The government has given more than £700,000 to a company that advised Afghans not to flee the country before the Taliban takeover.
An investigation by The Independent revealed that the Home Office has handed the “migration behaviour change” firm at least £702,000 since 2016, and it may have been given even more money by the Foreign Office during the same period.
Elite Afghan military pilots resettled in US fear for family they had to leave behind
Source: CNN
Belal Khohestani wishes the United States would feel like home. The former pilot for the Afghan Special Mission Wing — the elite of Afghanistan’s military — recently moved from Fort Pickett in Virginia to Chicago, where he has found a place to live and a roommate.
Canada to resettle female Afghan judges, families living in limbo
Source: Reuters
Canada will take in female Afghan judges and their families who have been living in limbo, primarily in Greece, since their evacuation from Afghanistan in the fall, a spokesperson for the immigration minister said Friday.
Months later, Afghan evacuees abroad and at US bases still wait to be resettled
Source: CNN
Aminullah Hotaki flew out of Afghanistan on September 21 with his wife and 5-year-old son. They landed in the United Arab Emirates where they expected to stay for a short period of time before coming to the United States.
12,000 Afghan refugees to start new year stuck in UK hotels
Source: The Guardian
About 12,000 Afghan refugees will begin 2022 in UK hotels as the government struggles to persuade enough councils to find permanent homes for the new arrivals, the Guardian has learned.
UK will start resettling at-risk Afghans in January
Source: Guardian
The government has announced that the long-awaited Afghan citizens resettlement scheme will start in January 2022.
The programme will provide support for up to 20,000 Afghans, prioritising women, children and others at risk.
The End of the Afghanistan War Was Even Worse Than Anyone Realized
Source: Slate.com
It is now widely conceded that America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan, the longest in our history, was a tragic bungle of monumental proportions. However, we are just beginning to learn that the final phase of the war—not so much the frantic evacuation but the entire last three years, as we tiptoed toward the exits—was disgraceful in its own appalling way.
Foreign Office chaotic during Kabul evacuation – whistleblower
Source: BBC
The UK Foreign Office’s handling of the Afghan evacuation after the Taliban seized Kabul was dysfunctional and chaotic, a whistleblower has said.
Raphael Marshall said the process of choosing who could get a flight out was arbitrary and thousands of emails with pleas for help went unread.