Audit Finds Thousands of Afghan Resettlers Missing from Records in UK

Officials lose track of almost 7,000 resettled Afghans in Britain

Officials in the UK have lost track of almost 7,000 resettled Afghans in Britain, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said

7,000 resettled Afghans fall off the radar

Officials do not know whereabout of one in five people the UK helped to flee Taliban, says NAO

Thousands of Afghans still in limbo over UK resettlement five years on

Government will not be able to meet target of relocating Afghan families to the UK by March 2029 without ‘urgent intervention’, ministers warned

Audit warns Afghan resettlement still lacks control

The UK Afghan resettlement programme still lacks key elements of control and coordination, with weaknesses in data, housing provision and programme management risking its successful completion, according to a National Audit Office report. The audit identifies what it describes as urgent gaps in programme management, including limited cross-government data and weak oversight of delivery, despite the consolidation of schemes into a single Afghan R…