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How thousands of Afghans secretly moved to Britain after data leak
The United Kingdom set up a secret plan to resettle thousands of Afghans in Britain after an official accidentally disclosedContinue Reading
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The government is also facing lawsuits from those affected by the data breach. A Ministry of Defence-commissioned review of the data breach, a summary of which was also published on Tuesday, said more than 16,000 people affected by it had been relocated to the UK as of May this year. Healey said the Afghan Response Route has now been closed and apologised for the data breach, which "should never have happened".
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- Keir Starmer
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- Parliament of Sri Lanka
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