The MoD team responsible for resettling Afghans in the UK under the various schemes launched and subsequently cancelled by the British government has seen a massive increase in its headcount since Labour took office. It is now costing millions…
The Defence Afghan Relocation and Resettlement (DARR) Directorate, which manages accommodation and more granular services for incomers under the ARAP and secret ARR schemes, had a total headcount of 101 on 30 June last year. Immediately after the election that figure jumped to 110 and it has since reached 178 as of August this year. Additional information obtained by the Guido FoI Unit has found the annual salary costs of the team have reached £8,449,240…
This comes after Sky News revealed over the weekend that “hundreds of Afghans who have been relocated to Britain under a multibillion-pound scheme to protect them from the Taliban have returned to Afghanistan for holidays and other trips” and threats to livelihood from the Taliban were exaggerated in order to gain residence in the UK. Extended families are often brough as well, requiring housing…
In the wake of the data leak scandal and subsequent secret relocation scheme Guido revealed in July that the government is spending half a million pounds every month on flight costs alone for Afghan relocations. Healey’s much-publicised decision to stop the schemes has not stopped the bills to the taxpayer…