Resettlement: Afghanistan and Ukraine
Commons · Question 50502 · Tabled 7 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 28 May 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the potential change in the number of people supported by local authorities under the (a) Afghan and (b) Ukraine resettlement schemes caused by births in the UK.
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 28 May 2025
Arrivals under Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP) are granted indefinite leave to remain (ILR).Afghan children born in the UK with parents who have ILR automatically become British citizens and are therefore eligible for support like any British Citizen....