The government has found permanent homes for about half the Afghans and their families who have been evacuated in the past fortnight, The Times has learnt.
About half the 343 councils in England have offered long-term accommodation under a scheme to protect those who helped the UK mission in Afghanistan. Until yesterday the Home Office could confirm only that a third of councils had offered homes.
It has doubled the number of permanent homes available under the Afghan relocations and assistance policy (Arap), to 4,000. London boroughs account for a quarter.
However, this still leaves more than 4,000 Afghan immigrants already in the UK facing indefinite stays in hotels.
Britain is also still trying to rescue a “desperate” Afghan MP whose dog was hanged by
