Afghans who have made a new life in Lancaster after being resettled under the government’s relocation scheme are now fearing for the safety of their families after a data breach was revealed.

An appeals court has briefly extended protections for nearly 12,000 Afghans in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status.

Tory ex-ministers reportedly tried to stop 24,000 Afghans being housed in the UK after a data breach released details of people trying to flee Kabul.

An appeals court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from revoking deportation protections and work permits for thousands of people from Afghanistan.

The current and previous British governments are facing criticism over a secret program that resettled thousands of Afghans in the U.K. after the Taliban's return to power in 2021.

According to a BBC report, the personal details of 19,000 Afghans who had applied to move to the United Kingdom following the 2021 Taliban takeover were leaked in February 2022. The government learned of the data breach in August 2023 and created a secret resettlement scheme for those affected,

More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according to the United Nations, in what may be one of the largest forced movements of population this decade.

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from stripping deportation protections from thousands of Afghans in the country.