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<p>On Wednesday 18 August, the Government announced the launch of a new bespoke Afghan
Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), to welcome up to 20,000 vulnerable Afghans to
the UK. The scheme will focus on those most at risk and in its first year will resettle
up to 5,000 vulnerable Afghans. This scheme delivers on the Government’s commitment
in the New Plan for Immigration to create safe and legal routes for those in fear
of persecution and oppression in their home country. The Government is working urgently
to open this route and further details will be announced in due course on <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fafghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme&data=04%7C01%7Cresettlementpolicy%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca9be65ff77af4d5811dd08d9631c425e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637649795277172676%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=6sX9%2FP5X4P%2Ff%2FHZpSmOlxqpOmNeoP6l%2BZisVeHJuXVs%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The new route is separate from, and in addition
to, the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), which offers any current
or former locally employed staff who are assessed to be under serious threat to life
priority relocation to the UK.</p>
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