Recommendation 20

The UK’s obligations after the breach were wider than its pre-existing ARAP commitments. The government had continuing obligations to eligible Afghans to whom public commitments had been made after Op PITTING, and additional responsibilities to people placed at increased risk by the breach itself. Prioritising breach-exposed people was understandable, but it created trade-offs within an already strained resettlement system. Those trade-offs should have been more explicitly governed, documented and subjected to controlled scrutiny, particularly where different groups faced credible risk because of their work with the UK. (Conclusion, Paragraph 200)