Equality and the UK asylum process Fourth Report of Session 2022–23

Evidence submitted as Afghan Solidarity Coalition.

The Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) resettled more than 20,000 people and demonstrated that the UK can do resettlement well. It should be used as a best practice model for the future. The Afghan resettlement schemes, by contrast, have been fraught with difficulty, including serious safeguarding issues for women and children in crowded accommodation. The lessons of the Afghan resettlement programme must be learnt so that mistakes are not repeated in future migrant crises. The Government must commission and publish an independent review.