The British government revealed it secretly resettled about 4,500 Afghans, including many who worked with British forces, in the U.K. after a 2022 data leak exposed their identities, raising fears of Taliban targeting. A court order (super-injunction) had previously barred public disclosure of this program. The current Labour Party government lifted the injunction on Tuesday, stating an independent review found little evidence that the leaked data would expose Afghans to greater risk. The program, costing £850 million, is expected to resettle 6,900 people before it closes, with 36,000 more Afghans relocated via other routes.
U.K. secretly resettled thousands of Afghans after data leak, says British government
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TL;DR: Key points with love ❤️The British government revealed it secretly resettled about 4,500 Afghans, including many who worked with British forces, in the U.K. after a 2022 data leak exposed their identities, raising fears of Taliban targeting. A court order (super-injunction) had previously barred public disclosure of this program. The current Labour Party government lifted the injunction on Tuesday, stating an independent review found little evidence that the leaked data would expose Afghans to greater risk. The program, costing £850 million, is expected to resettle 6,900 people before it closes, with 36,000 more Afghans relocated via other routes.
Trending- 1 Sept. 11, 2001: British troops sent to Afghanistan
- 2 2014: Britain ended combat operations in Afghanistan
- 3 2022: Dataset containing Afghan personal information released in error
- 4 Then-Conservative government set up secret resettlement program with super-injunction
- 5 Tuesday: Labour Party government lifted the injunction and made the program public
- 6 Currently: About 4,500 people resettled under the secret program
- 7 Future: About 6,900 people expected to be relocated by program closure
- Thousands of Afghans resettled in the UK
- Significant cost to the UK government (£850 million)
- Criticism regarding lack of transparency to Parliament and the public
- Program now public and set to close
What: The UK government secretly resettled thousands of Afghans after a data leak, and has now made the program public.
When: Tuesday (revelation, injunction lifted), 2022 (data leak), 2001 (Sept. 11 attacks), 2014 (Britain ended combat operations in Afghanistan)
Where: United Kingdom, Afghanistan, Helmand province
Why: A data leak exposed the personal information of Afghans who had applied to come to Britain, raising fears they could be targeted by the Taliban.
How: The then-Conservative government set up a secret program with a super-injunction to resettle Afghans; the current Labour government lifted the injunction and made the program public after an independent review.