The British government will transfer those Afghan refugees from Pakistan to the UK who are eligible for asylum and are promised visas for this country. This decision was taken after Afghan citizens in Pakistan faced the threat of deportation.
Thousands of people and their families who worked for Britain and British institutions in Afghanistan and were promised British visas are stuck in Pakistan, some of them waiting in the country for more than two years. The government of Pakistan recently announced that it wants to deport Afghan immigrants without documents. Afghans who are in such a situation in Pakistan have been given a deadline until the end of October 2023 to voluntarily leave this country. Many Afghans went to Pakistan on 3-month, 6-month, or 1-year visas as part of UK resettlement programs, which have recently expired.
According to the Deutsche Welle news agency, the first charter plane took off on Thursday, October 26, 2023, with about 200 passengers of Afghan refugees, for which special preparations were made at the Islamabad airport. But the British government has not officially said anything about this flight.
According to a report by the BBC news media, among the people facing the risk of deportation are Afghans who are waiting to travel to Britain in Pakistan because they worked with the British government and were promised acceptance before the Taliban came to power in August 2021. In some cases, these people have been waiting in Pakistan for more than a year or two to be transferred to the UK.
An assessment by the British government, published during a court case, shows that British authorities in Pakistan consider these people at risk of deportation. Earlier court documents showed that while resettlement efforts had accelerated, the government predicted that about 2,300 people would remain in Pakistan as of November 1.
The Pakistan Express-News newspaper reported that the decision to transfer these Afghan refugees from Pakistan to Britain was made following the assessment of its feasibility during the meeting of a delegation from the British High Commission (Embassy) in Islamabad and senior officials of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority in Karachi. According to this report, the two sides agreed to transfer more than 2,000 Afghan refugees from Pakistan to Britain in 12 flights by the end of December. According to this process, until December of this year, there will be a weekly flight to the UK.
The government of Pakistan has set October 31, 2023, as the deadline for the departure of all illegal asylum seekers in Pakistan, and in recent weeks has intensified the pressure for Afghans to leave the country. The expulsion of Afghans from Pakistan caused widespread criticism of the British government, which accelerated the evacuation and resettlement of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to Britain.
During the last two years, the British government has said that it will transfer about 20 thousand Afghans to Britain in the coming months through the ACRS and ARAP programs.
The British government will transfer those Afghan refugees from Pakistan to the UK who are eligible for asylum and are promised visas for this country. This decision was taken after Afghan citizens in Pakistan faced the threat of deportation.
Thousands of people and their families who worked for Britain and British institutions in Afghanistan and were promised British visas are stuck in Pakistan, some of them waiting in the country for more than two years. The government of Pakistan recently announced that it wants to deport Afghan immigrants without documents. Afghans who are in such a situation in Pakistan have been given a deadline until the end of October 2023 to voluntarily leave this country. Many Afghans went to Pakistan on 3-month, 6-month or 1-year visas as part of UK resettlement programs, which have recently expired.
According to the Deutsche Welle news agency, the first charter plane took off on Thursday, October 26, 2023, with about 200 passengers of Afghan refugees, for which special preparations were made at the Islamabad airport. But the British government has not officially said anything about this flight.
According to a report by the BBC news media, among the people facing the risk of deportation are Afghans who are waiting to travel to Britain in Pakistan because they worked with the British government and were promised acceptance before the Taliban came to power in August 2021. are In some cases, these people have been waiting in Pakistan for more than a year or two to be transferred to the UK.
An assessment by the British government, published during a court case, shows that British authorities in Pakistan consider these people at risk of deportation. Earlier court documents showed that while resettlement efforts had accelerated, the government predicted that about 2,300 people would remain in Pakistan as of November 1.
The Pakistan Express-News newspaper reported that the decision to transfer these Afghan refugees from Pakistan to Britain was made following the assessment of its feasibility during the meeting of a delegation from the British High Commission (Embassy) in Islamabad and senior officials of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority in Karachi. According to this report, the two sides agreed to transfer more than 2,000 Afghan refugees from Pakistan to Britain in 12 flights by the end of December. According to this process, until December of this year, there will be a weekly flight to the UK.
The government of Pakistan has set October 31, 2023, as the deadline for the departure of all illegal asylum seekers in Pakistan, and in recent weeks has intensified the pressure for Afghans to leave the country. The expulsion of Afghans from Pakistan caused widespread criticism of the British government, which accelerated the evacuation and resettlement of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to Britain.
During the last two years, the British government has said that it will transfer about 20 thousand Afghans to Britain in the coming months through the ACRS and ARAP programs.
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