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<p>The Government remains committed to providing protection for vulnerable and at-risk
people fleeing Afghanistan. This includes eligible immediate family members of those
being resettled under both the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and
the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).</p><p>Data on the number of Afghans
in the UK who are awaiting a route for separated families to be reunited is unavailable
at this time.</p><p>Public data on the number of Afghans in Pakistan who are eligible
to join family members already resettled under both the ARAP and ACRS is unavailable.
However; the latest published statistics, summarised at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data"
target="_blank">Afghan Resettlement Programme: operational data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>,
show that, at the end of December 2023, 14,423 people have been relocated to the UK
under the ARAP so far, and a further 10,520 have been relocated under ACRS.</p><p>The
Government is aiming to bring eligible persons (EPs) to the UK from Pakistan and other
third countries as soon as reasonably practicable and has so far relocated over 3000
people since October.</p>
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