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The catastrophic leak saw details of 18,714 applicants for a resettlement scheme released in 2022

The data breach saw details of 18,714 applicants for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme released in 2022.

Berlin calls itself ‘locomotive’ of European crackdown on immigration, expelling 81 Afghans before meeting.

In one incident last year, the names and bank details of 272,000 staff were breached when one of its systems was hacked

In 2022, somebody in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) mistakenly shared a spreadsheet containing the personal information associated with 18,714 Afghans and their family members. This data breach, and the efforts to cover it up, raises serious questions about state secrecy, blame-shifting and accountability.

Germany said Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.

Coordinated with Qatar, the flight departed on Friday as Berlin toughens migration policy. Officials said all deportees had criminal records and were required by law to leave.

Even after Tony Blair’s bungled war, UK leaders still yearned to dominate the world stage. We can all see where that has led, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

When thousands of Afghans were quietly flown to the UK under a secret relocation scheme, few knew it was triggered by an error. A defence official had accidentally leaked the personal data of nearly 19,000 Afghan nationals who had worked with British forces and were at risk of Taliban reprisals.

‘There are times where you simply have to act in the most maximalist way in order to stop people from being murdered and executed,’ said the former Defence Secretary

Grant Shapps claims he was ‘surprised’ gagging order was in place for ‘so long’ – despite fighting to keep superinjunction in place