Britain welcomed thousands of Afghans who had worked for the British government and their families after a mass leak of their data in 2022, according to the British Defense Minister, revealing a program that had been kept secret so far. The personal information of about 19,000 Afghans, seeking asylum in the United Kingdom after working on British authorities before the Taliban returns to power, leaked in 2022. The leak led in 2024 to the implementation of a secret Afghans host program, which was in danger. “To date, 900 gentlemen (of the program) are in the United Kingdom or passing through the country, accompanied by 3,600 members of their family, costing about 400 million sterils (460.7 million euros),” the Minister of Defense said in the House of Representatives. About 600 other Afghans and relatives are expected to be hosted at the UK before the end of the program. In total, about 6,900 people are expected as by […]
Source: News Beast
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