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<p>The Government’s family reunion policy allows a partner and children under 18 of
those granted protection in the UK to join them here if they formed part of the family
unit before the sponsor fled their country. For Afghan refugees in the UK, we already
have rules in place for their close family members to apply to join them in the UK
and these can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/settlement-refugee-or-humanitarian-protection/family-reunion"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/settlement-refugee-or-humanitarian-protection/family-reunion</a></p><p>The
UK is working with international partners to secure safe routes out of Afghanistan
as soon as they become available. However, while the security situation remains extremely
volatile, we recommend people still in Afghanistan do not make applications and pay
application fees at this time as they will not be considered until biometrics are
provided. The British Embassy in Kabul has currently suspended in-country operations
and all UK diplomatic and consular staff have been temporarily withdrawn.</p><p>Those
Afghans who are outside of Afghanistan and able to get to a Visa Application Centre
to provide their biometrics can make an application in the usual way.</p><p>A policy
statement on Afghanistan resettlement has been published on gov.uk <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a>.</p>
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