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Hundreds of former members of the Afghan special forces have been given a path to resettlement in the UK after a government review of previously rejected cases.
Ministers announced that 884 decisions, affecting ex-soldiers from two elite units known as the Triples, had been overturned. They will be eligible to stay in Britain under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (Arap), subject to visa checks.
The Arap scheme was set up in April 2021 to help people who feared their lives were at risk because they had worked with the UK Armed Forces before the Taliban takeover later in the year.
However, in February 2024, the then-Conservative government conceded some Arap decisions were "not robust" and promised to re-examine 2,000 cases, including troops who served in Triples units Commando Force 333 (CF333) and Afghan Territorial Force (ATF444). Approximately 3,100 Triples applications had been assessed as part of the review, officials said.
Hundreds of Afghan ex-special forces members given path to UK resettlement
For context, it was announced in the BBC that UK Special Forces command rejected resettlement applications from more than 2,000 Afghan commandos who had shown credible evidence of service in units that fought alongside the SAS and SBS, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed for the first time
Special Forces rejected 2,000 credible asylum claims from Afghan commandos, MoD confirms
Ministers announced that 884 decisions, affecting ex-soldiers from two elite units known as the Triples, had been overturned. They will be eligible to stay in Britain under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (Arap), subject to visa checks.
The Arap scheme was set up in April 2021 to help people who feared their lives were at risk because they had worked with the UK Armed Forces before the Taliban takeover later in the year.
However, in February 2024, the then-Conservative government conceded some Arap decisions were "not robust" and promised to re-examine 2,000 cases, including troops who served in Triples units Commando Force 333 (CF333) and Afghan Territorial Force (ATF444). Approximately 3,100 Triples applications had been assessed as part of the review, officials said.
Hundreds of Afghan ex-special forces members given path to UK resettlement
For context, it was announced in the BBC that UK Special Forces command rejected resettlement applications from more than 2,000 Afghan commandos who had shown credible evidence of service in units that fought alongside the SAS and SBS, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed for the first time
Special Forces rejected 2,000 credible asylum claims from Afghan commandos, MoD confirms
