Afghan migrants are being accused of taking “advantage” of the UK’s “generosity” which clearly highlights how soft our “asylum system.”
The government has poured billions of taxpayers money into the scheme to protect these asylum seekers from being persecuted, just to then head back for a “holiday.”
A former interpreter who served alongside British forces during the Afghan war warned that the Afghanistan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) is being manipulated for their own gain, GB News reported.
An Afghan migrant, who lives in a Home Office hotel at taxpayers expense in the Midlands, said, “You don’t leave before getting your asylum case accepted because first it is risky and second the British Government will be holding your passport during the process of your application.
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Another migrant said, “My husband is insisting we should go and visit because it’s been over two years since we saw our families last time.
“But I tell him we have a safe and happy life here, and why should we put our status in danger.”
She added, “They went there a few months ago, spent 20 days in Herat and came back without having a problem because British authorities think they were in Iran, not Afghanistan.
“There are a lot of people who are living in the hotels going in and out of Afghanistan daily; they just keep a low profile while in the country.”
GB News reported that the migrants travel to Iran with visas then head to the Afghan border and enter the country without having stamps on their passports by bribing Iranian and Taliban officials at the border.
Speaking to The Telegraph a Taliban official said its up to the government to “solve their problems” as it is not their issue.
Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf said, “The British people have been scammed by their own political leaders. Disgrace.”
Dr Alan Mendoza, executive director of the foreign policy and national security think tank The Henry Jackson Society, told GB News, “It’s obviously nonsensical that anyone claiming asylum because they fear persecution in a country would return to that country for a holiday.
“We took Afghans in rightly because of our involvement in that country and our fears that the Taliban would exact revenge on innocent people.
“Instead, our generosity has been taken advantage of – as it so often has been under our current asylum system – and this simply highlights the urgent need to change policy to one that will henceforth reject migrants who come here out of choice.”
An MoD spokesperson said, “We are committed to honouring the moral obligation we owe to those Afghans who stood with our brave men and women.
“As with all those arriving to the UK, anyone found eligible for relocation from Afghanistan and their family members undergo robust security checks, including for national security. If they don’t pass these checks, they are not granted entry to the UK.”
