Dear Home Office,
Date: 16/04/2024

On the 1st of February 2024, following a debate in the House of Lords, the Ministry of Defence confirmed that all refused applications from members of Commando Force 333 (CF333) and Afghan Territorial Force 444 (ATF444) will be reviewed for eligibility and, if necessary, re-decided.; (referred to as "the ministerial announcement" hereafter).

In relation to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP), we are requesting information regarding applicants who served in the “Triples” units of the British Army in Afghanistan including: ((CF333), the (ATF444) based in Kandahar, ATF555 (Herat), ATF888 (Balkh) and ATF999 (Nangarhar)).

In relation to all such former members of the Triples (and any others) who have made an application to come to the UK under ARAP, please provide the following information:

1. How many of those applications have been refused ?

2. Of those that were refused (as at 1), how many:

(a) have been notified in writing that their case is being, has been or will be reassessed in line with the Ministerial Announcement?

(b) have been provided with a timeframe for the specific reconsideration of their eligibility? and/or

(c) have received a reconsideration of their initial refusal?

(3) Additionally, how many former members of the Triples have otherwise been granted permission to enter the UK under family reunion routes or other visa types. Please provide a breakdown per visa type.

For each of the above questions, please provide the information for the period from the launch of ARAP, 1st of April 2022, until the time of writing with a month by month breakdown.

Yours faithfully,

Isaac Laban Shaffer

Dear Home Office,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Home Office's handling of my FOI request 'ARAP: Triples (Review of Refused Applications)'.

I don't accept that the Home Office don't have access and/or are aware of this information/data which is fundamental to their role; (see ICIBI Report: An inspection of the Home Office’s Afghan resettlement schemes October 2022 – April 2023; see: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...

[-a s at paras. 1.1; 5.4; 20 [footnote: 43] etc.]

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a...

Yours faithfully,

Isaac Laban Shaffer