US EditionStarmer says former Tory ministers have 'serious questions to answer' over Afghan data breach
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 16 – The Ministry of Defence data breach exposed nearly 19,000 Afghan asylum seekers, prompting a secret £850 million relocation scheme and political scrutiny over government secrecy and accountability.
- In a landmark ruling, a High Court judge lifted a superinjunction, revealing the February 2022 dataset release and the April 2024 relocation scheme, exposing long-hidden details about the MoD leak.
- The breach stemmed from a Ministry of Defence official erroneously emailing nearly 19,000 Afghan applicant records in February 2022, exposing 80,000–100,000 people to risk; a superinjunction then kept it secret for almost two years.
- The scheme has cost around £400 million so far, with 6,900 expected relocations, and may lead to a £1 billion claim, shows scheme impact data.
- In Westminster, Liz Truss said she was `shocked` by the `cover-up`, while Sir Lindsay Hoyle called it `raises significant constitutional issues`.
- Legal firms are already mobilizing to represent claimants, as the Commons Defence Committee will launch an inquiry after the September recess, Daily Mail reports.
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Ministers from Britain's previous Conservative government must answer serious questions about a secret plan to resettle thousands of Afghans whose lives were put at risk by a data leak, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday.
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The UK Labour Government took on the tasks and costs of a fiasco that was not its responsibility: the secret program to evacuate thousands of Afghans whose lives and freedom were put at risk by leaking a list of their names and contact information from the British Ministry of Defence. But Prime Minister Keir Starmer is not prepared to take the blame for a scandal that has called into question the country's international effectiveness.
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