A hidden scheme, costing around 850m, has been initiated to relocate Afghans who supported British forces following a significant data breach. In February 2022, personal data of nearly 19,000 applicants to the Afghan relocations and assistance policy (Arap) was accidentally released by a defence official. The Afghanistan Response Route was created in response, with around 400m spent so far. Additional millions are anticipated for legal costs and compensation. The Ministry of Defence was only alerted to the breach over a year later when data excerpts appeared on Facebook.
Thousands of people are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret 850m scheme set up after a personal data leak of Afghans who supported British forces. A dataset containing the personal information of nearly 19,000 people who applied for the Afghan relocations and assistance policy (Arap) was released in error by a defence official in February 2022.
The breach resulted in the creation of a secret Afghan relocation scheme—the Afghanistan Response Route—inititated in April 2024 at a cost of approximately 400m so far.
The projected cost of the scheme once completed is about 850m, with millions more expected to be paid in legal costs and compensation.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) only became aware of the breach more than a year after the release when excerpts of the dataset were posted anonymously on a Facebook group in August 2023.
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