During this, Afghan families fled to Britain. Taliban Asked to be sent back home for the acquisition of his country.
After British and American troops completed their withdrawal, hundreds of refugees arrived in the UK as part of Operation Warm Welcome, the government’s resettlement programme.
But the lack of housing on the council’s proposal meant that many families had to be moved to hotels as emergency temporary accommodation.
While £400 million had been funded for resettlement as of September, Home Office officials acknowledged that some Afghans would have to be kept in hotels for months.
Afghan families who fled Britain during Taliban occupation of their country have asked to be sent back home. Image: Border Force personnel help evacuate a woman as Afghan refugees arrive at Heathrow airport from Kabul
Now however, nearly two months after the capture of Kabul, refugees have said they are waiting for a permanent home.
A doctor working with new arrivals told Guardian: ‘I have some patients telling me they want to go home.’
He told the newspaper that a 67-year-old patient had said: ‘I can’t take it anymore. i want to get out of it [hotel] rooms.’
‘ Another said: “I just want my freedom from the hotel”.
The doctor said the husband and wife were ‘so upset’ by the test that they had to give medicine to both of them.
The UK has evacuated more than 13,000 people from Afghanistan since 13 August, including 8,000 Afghans who have served with Britain’s armed forces.
Hundreds of refugees arrived in the UK as part of Operation Warm Welcome, the government’s resettlement programme, upon completion of the withdrawal of British and American troops.
Operation Warm Welcome is being overseen by Victoria Atkins, who has been appointed Afghan Rehabilitation Minister.
In late August, Home Secretary Priti Patel visited Heathrow airport, where she met refugees who were arriving on evacuation flights.
A Home Office spokesman said: ‘Britain’s largest and fastest emergency evacuation in recent history helped save more than 15,000 lives, and the hotels are a temporary measure to help accommodate those need help. We have brought here.
‘Finding permanent homes for all will take time but we are working urgently with our partners to make this happen.
‘Our goal is to support all those settled in the UK to build a successful life, and that is why we work round the clock to provide wrap-around support to families.
‘This includes working closely with local authorities across the UK to ensure that all people temporarily staying in hotels have access to essential provisions, health care, education and universal credit.’