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Written question asked by John Healey (Labour) on Thursday, 9 June 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 June 2022 (named day). It was answered by James Heappey (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 June 2022 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Afghanistan: Resettlement

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2022 to Question 156378 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many and what proportion of applications under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy received by his Department in (a) April and (b) May 2022 (i) have been processed with a final decision given and (ii) await a decision on eligibility as of 9 June 2022.

Answer

Applications are being processed almost entirely in the order they were received. Many applications received each month are duplicates of existing applications or are being submitted by Afghan citizens with no eligibility. We are working to accelerate the speed at which we reject these applications whilst continuing to work through the large volume of more likely legitimate applications received.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
15181
Session
2022-23
Related items
Afghanistan: Refugees
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Afghanistan Resettlement Home country nationals
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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