Government set up secret £850m scheme to offer Afghans asylum after data breach
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 () The UK government set up a secret £850m scheme to relocate some 25,000 Afghans and their families after an unprecedented data breach put them at risk of persecution from the Taliban. The leak of the identities of thousands of Afghans, including those applying for asylum, came in early 2022 when a soldier inadvertently sent a [...]