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2025-07-16First seen
2025-07-16Last seen
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Countries
Afghanistan, United Kingdom
Conflict types
Migration

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The former Conservative government obtained a court injunction and relocated approximately 4,500 affected Afghans and relatives. The Afghan Relocation Route is intended to move about 6,900 more people before closing, at an estimated cost of £850 million.

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United Kingdom and AfghanistanUnverified

Secret relocation route moved about 4,500 Afghans

The former Conservative government obtained a court injunction and relocated approximately 4,500 affected Afghans and relatives. The Afghan Relocation Route is intended to move about 6,900 more people before closing, at an estimated cost of £850 million.

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  1. Secret relocation route moved about 4,500 Afghans

    UnverifiedMigrationUnited Kingdom and Afghanistan

    The secret-until-now Afghan Relocation Route program aims to relocate another ~6,900 Afghans - including 600 Afghan soldiers whose data was disclosed in the leak - before it closes, at a total cost of about £850 million ($1.1 billion).

    The former Conservative government obtained a court injunction and relocated approximately 4,500 affected Afghans and relatives. The Afghan Relocation Route is intended to move about 6,900 more people before closing, at an estimated cost of £850 million.

    Open source report
  2. UK exposed data of up to 19,000 Afghan applicants

    UnverifiedMigrationUnited Kingdom and Afghanistan

    The UK belatedly admitted that it accidentally exposed personally identifiable information for 18-19,000 Afghans who worked with its military during the war and then applied for resettlement in the UK in a 2022 data leak.

    A 2022 British data leak exposed personally identifiable information belonging to 18,000–19,000 Afghans who had worked with the UK military and later applied for resettlement.

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