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<p>Her Majesty's Government has so far relocated 1,358 locally employed Afghan staff
and their families to the UK. A total of 532 eligible locally employed staff have
applied for relocation to the UK, of which 84 are currently awaiting a decision. Of
these, all but six are interpreters and all are former locally employed staff. These
applications will be fully decided before 11 September 2021. I cannot comment on arrangements
to enable further applications to be made after that date in the event that the security
situation deteriorates, as doing so would require me to reveal the details of live
operational planning. I have tasked my officials to work in concert with partners
across government to explore all options to ensure that current and former locally
employed staff who are eligible for relocation under the terms of the Afghan Relocation
and Assistance Policy and the Ex-Gratia Scheme are relocated.</p>
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