BREAK: Secret Afghan Relocation Schemes Destroy Labour Budget
A Ministry of Defence data leak has led to the inadvertent passage of thousands of Afghan nationals to the UK. Kept secret until now…
In 2022 a British soldier mistakenly leaked a list of 33,000 names of Afghans potentially in receipt of sanctuary in the UK after the Taliban took control of the country. Successive schemes in response have led to thousands of Afghans who would not otherwise have had their sanctuary claims accepted being flown to the UK given the risk of their murder by the new regime. £7 billion of taxpayer cash was set out to pay for the schemes – worth fourteen farm taxes…
18,500 Afghans are already in the UK. A decision by Healey to scrap the scheme means that some 5,400 more in total will come in the next few weeks. The total then will be 23,900, 6,900 of which are as a result of the data breach…
That means one in four Afghans who will be here would not otherwise be if not for the leak. The schemes will cost in total £6 billion. £2.7 billion has already been spent. The MoD says the leak will cost £850 million – this will be in investigations and coverup operations. Another black hole for Reeves there ahead of tonight’s Mansion House speech…
A super-injunction has been in place since media organisations cottoned on – the longest ever – and was lifted at midday today. How is the government allowed to make immigration policy at huge cost in secret?
