Months after the fall of Kabul, thousands of Afghans are stuck in UK hotels - This article is FREE to read newstatesman.com/afghanistan/20…
On 29 August, two days after Marwa and her family arrived in the UK, the British government announced a resettlement package for the 8,000 Afghans airlifted out of the country as Kabul fell.
It dubbed the plan “Operation Warm Welcome”. Those resettled to the UK via official routes – including the Afghans who worked for the British government and had been relocated earlier in the year – would be granted indefinite leave to remain, it said.
Funding was also pledged for medical care, English language classes, schooling for children and 300 university scholarships. The Afghan refugees would be eligible for state benefits on arrival and have the right to work.
Read for FREE today how months after the fall of Kabul, thousands of Afghans are stuck in UK hotels newstatesman.com/afghanistan/20…
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