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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft

UK government shame as Afghan refugee faces being sent back to Taliban after admin error

Mohammad Nasery

An Afghan refugee who fled Kabul under the promise of being given safe haven in Britain faces being sent back to the Taliban after the government admitted it had housed him for 19 months in error.

Mohammad Zaker Nasery has spent over a year living in a UK-funded hotel in Pakistan awaiting approval to come to Britain, and even had a UK visa approved. But he has now been given 14 days’ notice to leave the accommodation after being told he is not eligible for the Ministry of Defence’s flagship resettlement scheme.

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