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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent

British Council workers in Afghanistan step closer to UK relocation

An Afghan refugee is helped by a member of Border Force staff at Heathrow airport
An Afghan refugee is helped by a Border Force worker after arriving at Heathrow in August 2021. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/AFP/Getty Images

A group of 47 British Council contractors forced to live in hiding since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan have cleared the penultimate hurdle for being accepted on to a scheme designed to relocate them in the UK.

The group was said to have passed security checks and been invited to provide biometrics at a visa centre, after which they would have to have a final set of security checks.

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