PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Refugees: Afghanistan (12 January 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UNHCR referrals to the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme will be available to Afghans currently within Afghanistan or whether they will take place through third party countries.

Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)

The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme commenced on 6th January and will provide up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.

From Spring, we are working with the UNHCR to receive referrals of vulnerable refugees in need of protection through the ACRS.

UNHCR refer refugees who, by definition, are outside their country of origin.

Answered by:
Victoria Atkins (Conservative)
17 January 2022