Defence Secretary John Healey offers a "sincere apology on behalf of the British Government" after thousands of people were relocated to the UK as part of a secret £850 million 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" in February 2022 by a defence official.The breach resulted in the creation of a

Defence Secretary John Healey offers a "sincere apology on behalf of the British Government" after thousands of people were relocated to the UK as part of a secret £850 million 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" in February 2022 by a defence official.The breach resulted in the creation of a secret Afghan relocation scheme - the Afghanistan Response Route - in April 2024.