Afghan citizens - ACRS and ARAP

RFI-2023-1233
Thursday, 2 November 2023

Request

(a) The number of Afghan citizens who entered the UK under ACRS or ARAP are living within your district within Government funded bridging accommodation.
(b) The number of Afghan citizens in your district who entered the UK under ACRS or ARAP have declared themselves as homeless.
I would be grateful if you could provide this information on a month-by-month basis from August 2020 to date. If this breakdown will incur too high costs, then please provide broken down by quarter.
In addition, please provide the following:
(c) What plans are in place to respond to homelessness amongst this cohort, including the use of bridging accommodation.

Response

a. None
b. None
c. We have offered to place 4 families under the Afghan schemes to help other authorities alleviate their current homelessness pressures.