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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Afghan refugees told to leave London say they lost jobs and school places

Hamidullah Khan with his son Ibrahim, who has been unable to start school in Wetherby.
Hamidullah Khan with his son Ibrahim, who has been unable to start school in Wetherby. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Afghan refugee families who were told by the Home Office to uproot their lives in London and relocate 200 miles away say their children’s education and health are being severely damaged.

In a challenge to claims made this week by the veterans minister, Johnny Mercer, they say that children as young as five years old and three GCSE pupils have not been found school places after being relocated in February from Kensington to a bridging hotel in Wetherby, near to Leeds.

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