Ministers urgently considering moving Afghans who worked with British forces to UK from Pakistan, court hears

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ministers are considering whether to urgently move Afghans eligible for relocation to the UK to safety as the deadline for them to leave Pakistan looms, a court has heard. Around 2,300 Afghans who worked alongside British armed forces have been stuck in hotels in Pakistan for months after the government stopped chartering flights last November and stopped use of hotels in the UK. Mr Justice Chamberlain also ordered the immediate relocation of an Afghan refugee who worked with the British armed forces, currently living in Iran, who has also brought a case against the government urging his relocation. The reasons for this decision cannot be stated in public.” The British armed forces work with the US military to evacuate eligible civilians and their families out of the country on August 21, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan The judge said that although the documents he had seen detailed risk to the Afghan claimants in Pakistan he would give the government the chance to resolve the issue imminently itself.