The government has been urged that the hero Afghans presented the sanctuary in Britain Major data breech puts the lives of 100,000 people at risk From the Taliban.
More than 50 refugee donations and lawyers have written to Yatew Cooper, urging them to make them easier for Afghans, which were allowed to be transferred to Britain due to British links to bring family members to bring family members to bring family members. , Many of which are at risk of rebuke , With them.
The argument comes after a “horrific” data leak reveal Ministry of Defence February 2022, which included details of thousands of Afghans, who said they were in danger Taliban And was shared online for the sanctuary in Britain.
Dataset, inadvertently sent by one Members of the armed forces, MOD’s Arap Rehabilitation Scheme includes individual details of applicants, which allows Afghan who supported British soldiers to search for sanctuary in Britain. The leak was covered by a superanngeus, which was lifted in July Independent Dracian legal order challenged in the High Court.
Ms. Cooper has now been told the government that the government does not have “time to waste” if it wants to prevent the worst potential results of data leaks from becoming a serious reality “.
Charity Workers and Solicitor, including asylum aid and modern slavery Charity Kalayan, told Ms. Cooper, “The UK government has a moral responsibility for the Afghan people who are suffering, which now resulted in data leaks and have no option but to search for security.
“Data Breach of 2022 directly highlighted the Afghans in the country, which they did not even know about, which they did not know, and the High Court in raising the superinjunction, believed that there could be an increase in the risks facing these people on the charge.”
The letter continued: “Still can cause serious damage to the Afghans by making poor decisions, many of them have a clear British family relations”.
He said: “It is necessary that people who were settled under ARAP and ACRS are capable of staying in security and are given the appropriate opportunity to reunite with their families.”
Unlike asylum routes, the Afghan family members using ARAP cannot sponsor to come to UK under refugee reunion rules. The same applies to those transferred under ACRS, designed to help those who supported British values, such as journalists or women rights activists. However, some may be able to apply a different immigration.
But donations and rights groups say that these family routes are very restrictive and often “require extremely expensive application fee and abundant, specific documentation”. The decision -making often denies these applications from the Afghan families, which leads to a long appeal.
Lib Dame MP Wendy Chamberlain, president of the All -Periodical Group for Afghan women, said: “There is already evidence of anecdote on family members by Taliban – there is no time to ruin the house office if the government wants to stop the worst results of data.
“Home office needs to strictly take a practical and compassionate approach, so that the UK can be allowed to re -connect with its families.
Recently highlighted by a recent case Independent, A security guard, who worked for the British Embassy in Kabul for nearly two decades, is unable to bring his two eldest sons to the UK.
Hamidullah Fahim and his wife Zagon In December 2023, he was brought to Britain with two young children, but could not bring his two eldest sons who are now in their 20s.
He said that his family is struggling with separation, saying: “We want us to re -join him and tell the house office about the injustice done in our case”.
In refugee legal support, Isaac Shefer said it was “important” that the government decided on ARAP matters in light of data violation.
He explained that most of the people who were helping, most of them are waiting for a final decision on their ARAP applications and are hidden throughout the time; in constant fear, and in exceptionally uncertain conditions “,”, “,” Knowledge of this data violation Only increased this fear and uncertainty ”.
James Tullet, the CEO of Charity Rampael, who helped coordinate the letter, said: “The government has admitted that those who have resettled them needed protection and still the proposal of support comes with a huge price of separation from the family.
“Allow Afghan families to reunite will not solve all the problems related to the data leaks, but it will create a monumental difference for the affected families”.
Home office has been contacted for comment.
