TOLOnews findings indicate that the process of transferring Afghan refugees living in the UK from hotels to permanent housing has accelerated.

The British Home Office warned a few months ago that if the Afghans who were moved to the hotels after being evacuated and transferred to the UK do not leave the hotels, they would be expelled from the hotels.

A number of these Afghan citizens, who have moved to hotels in different regions of the country after being transferred to Britain, told TOLOnews that most people in the hotels have been moved to permanent homes.

The situation of Afghans who have been transferred to Britain has not been the same in all areas and in all hotels.

For some people, permanent homes became available quickly, but not for many.

Almost three months ago, the British government warned that if Afghans transferred to Britain rejected the proposed houses and do not look for houses themselves, they will be expelled from the hotels.

In an announcement, the British Home Office gave 8,000 Afghan refugees who are staying in 59 hotels across the UK a deadline to leave the hotels until the end of August 2023.

Now, a number of Afghans living in hotels have told TOLOnews that the process of transferring Afghan families to permanent homes has been accelerated.

“I live in a hotel ... Almost thirty families stayed in this hotel. Now there are seven or eight families left. Everyone has been given a home and left the hotel. I have also been offered a house and I am going to leave here on August 14,” said Abdur Rahman Fekri, who lives in a hotel in Kent.

Fekri says that house owners are not very willing to rent houses to Afghans who still have no job or income here. But the houses proposed by the government can solve the problem.

Several Afghans in other cities and hotels also told Tolonews about similar experiences in an informal conversation.

According to the BBC, around 21,100 Afghans have come to Britain under two separate schemes: one for vulnerable people and ethnic minorities, and another for those who worked for the British army and government.

In response to the rejection of the houses proposed by the government by some Afghans, the British government has said that the government does not guarantee that these refugees will be given desired properties.

Previously, some circles within the British government have challenged the decision of the UK home office to set a deadline for Afghan citizens living in hotels and have said that this decision may make these people face homelessness.