People take part in a march in London for the freedom of Afghan women and girls organized by Action for Afghanistan in November 2022
THE Tories have been urged to “supercharge” the resettlement of vulnerable Afghans after admitting that one scheme has yet to resettle a single refugee in Britain.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said his department had received requests from 11,400 people hoping to be brought to safety in Britain through one of the three pathways for resettlement under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).
This route is designed to help Afghans who worked for the British Council, GardaWorld — a firm which provided security at the British embassy in Kabul — and alumni of Britain’s Chevening university scholarship scheme. All face severe harm at the hands of the Taliban.
Afghan women living under the Taliban are navigating a system that makes their public existence conditional on male approval, writes SHUKRIA RAHIMI
