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<p>The UK Government undertook the biggest and fastest emergency evacuation in recent
history, helping over 15,000 people to safety from Afghanistan. Due to the scale and
pace of the evacuation we were not able to source appropriate accommodation in the
normal way, so we have had to use hotels as a temporary measure. There are currently
over 12,000 individuals from Afghanistan in bridging hotels. This cohort is made up
of British and Afghan Nationals who may be eligible for Afghan Relocations and Assistance
Policy (ARAP) or Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS). Over 4000 Afghans have
already moved, or are in the process of being moved, into their permanent accommodation
and we are working at pace with our Local Authority partners to secure permanent accommodation
for those still in temporary accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing £12 million
to help councils across the country to provide education services for children arriving
from Afghanistan living in temporary accommodation.</p><p>Working with local councils
and other networks, all of the school age children who arrived as part of Operation
Pitting have been offered a school place. However, this remains a moving picture as
some new bridging hotels have been opened in new areas, both as a result of hotel
moves and to accommodate more recent Afghan arrivals via Pakistan.</p><p>The Department
for Education (DfE) continues to monitor the position in these local authorities,
all are progressing well with the process of placing children in schools and none
report problems with doing so, however they are at different stages in the process
depending on the date of new arrivals.</p>
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