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Sept 2021
The leader of Harrogate Borough Council has said Afghan refugees are “settling in well” in the district and that three more families are on the way.
The district has so far welcomed four families under a government scheme targeted at Afghans who worked for the UK military and are fleeing the country because they are under serious threat from the Taliban.
Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, council leader Richard Cooper said:
British troops left Afghanistan over the weekend, bringing an end to the UK’s 20-year military involvement in the country, which is now under the control of the Taliban.
Taliban leaders have pledged not to allow Afghanistan to become a base for terrorists who could threaten the West.
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