US EditionThousands being relocated to UK after personal data leak of Afghans
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 15 – The Ministry of Defence mistakenly leaked data on nearly 19,000 Afghans linked to UK forces, leading to a secret evacuation of over 16,000 at an estimated cost of £7 billion.
- Nearly 7,000 Afghans have arrived in the UK or are en route via a previously secret scheme called the Afghanistan Response Route, which was established in April 2024 after a data breach involving personal information of 19,000 Arap applicants.
- The data breach, committed by an unnamed MoD official in February 2022, resulted in the creation of the secret Afghan relocation scheme, which is estimated to have cost around £850 million once completed.
- An unprecedented superinjunction was made at the High Court in September 2023 to reduce the risk of alerting the Taliban to the existence of the data, as there was a "very real risk that people who would otherwise live will die" if the Taliban gained access to the data.
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einnews.comThousands of Afghans were moved to UK in secret scheme after data breach
6 hours agoShareSaveJoel Gunter & Sean SeddonBBC NewsShareSaveEPAThousands of Afghans have moved to the UK under a secret scheme which was set up after a British official inadvertently leaked their data, it can be revealed.In February 2022, the personal details of nearly 19,000 people who had applied to move to the UK after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan were leaked.The previous government learned of the breach in August 2023 when some …
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