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Families fled Taliban to make Kirklees home

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Published date15 June 2022
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
The figures were made public following an inquiry by The Examiner and come nine months after a senior councillor said Afghans forced to leave their homeland would be guaranteed refuge in the borough

In a speech last September Clr Carole Pattison (Lab, Greenhead) said Kirklees had a 21-year history of assisting asylum seekers via the Asylum Seeker Dispersal programme.

However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February appeared to eclipse the collapse of the Afghan government in Kabul and the resulting displacement of people by the Taliban. Afghan refugees arrived in the UK on two different government schemes - the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme, which was launched on April 1, 2021, and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) launched on January 6 this year.

Now Kirklees Council has confirmed that it has welcomed five families on the ARAP scheme and three more on the ACRS scheme, which prioritises certain groups including those who have assisted the UK's efforts in Afghanistan.

People in both schemes will receive immediate indefinite leave to remain in the UK, or if previously admitted with limited leave to remain will be immediately eligible to apply for

What do indefinite leave.

Write to: letters@Huddersfield Examiner, House, Leeds,

A council spokesperson said: "The...

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