UK Admits Afghans Awaiting Relocation Are at Risk
The government has acknowledged that Afghans still waiting to be relocated to Britain remain at risk from the Taliban, in an admission that renews scrutiny of a troubled resettlement scheme. Thousands who worked with British forces or institutions are still stranded years after the fall of Kabul. Campaigners have long warned that delays are leaving vulnerable people exposed to reprisals.
Britain’s schemes to resettle Afghans who aided its 20-year mission have been dogged by delays, bureaucracy and, more recently, a data breach that itself put applicants in danger. The Taliban have been accused of hunting down those who worked with Western forces, and each month of delay heightens the peril. The admission adds to pressure on ministers over a moral obligation many argue Britain has failed to honour. It also collides with the government’s harder line on immigration more broadly. Watch whether the acknowledgement speeds up relocations or prompts fresh criticism.