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The UK military flew a person on a “no-fly” list from Afghanistan to Britain as part of the evacuation, raising concerns over security.
The government said they are no longer considered a security threat.
The incident raised questions about how the person was able to board the flight in the first place.
Five people on France’s no-fly list have also been able to arrive in the country from Afghanistan.
The UK government said “an individual was flagged to the Home Office as part of the rigorous checks process, involving the police, security services and others”.
“However, upon further investigation, they are not a person of interest to the security agencies or law enforcement.”
Five people on a watch list attempted to flee Afghanistan with British help, Sky News reported. Four were stopped, while the fifth is the person in question, who has since arrived in Birmingham.
Reuters said the individual had now been allowed to continue through the process dealing with those being flown from Afghanistan.
“There are people in Afghanistan who represent a serious threat to national security and public safety,” a government spokesman said.
“That is why thorough checks are taking place by government, our world-class intelligence agencies and others. If someone is assessed as presenting as a risk to our country, we will take action.”
In the past 10 days, the UK has flown 8,458 people out of Afghanistan.
James Heappey, a defence minister, said “we would love to be able to just open the gates and let people in”, to speed up the evacuation process.
“But there are people right now in Kabul trying to get on to British flights that we have identified in our checks as being on the UK no-fly list," he said.
“So the checks that are being done are entirely necessary because there are people trying to take advantage of this process to get into the UK to cause us harm.
“Secondly, there is a real threat that our troops are facing and we have to therefore execute this as a military mission, while at the same time as being as humane as possible,” he told the BBC.
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Oman, UAE, Namibia
Al Amerat, Muscat
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Oman beat UAE by five wickets
UAE beat Namibia by eight runs
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Wednesday January 8 –Oman v Namibia
Thursday January 9 – Oman v UAE
Saturday January 11 – UAE v Namibia
Sunday January 12 – Oman v Namibia
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A comparison of sending Dh20,000 from the UAE using two different routes at the same time - the first direct from a UAE bank to a bank in Germany, and the second from the same UAE bank via an online platform to Germany - found key differences in cost and speed. The transfers were both initiated on January 30.
Route 1: bank transfer
The UAE bank charged Dh152.25 for the Dh20,000 transfer. On top of that, their exchange rate margin added a difference of around Dh415, compared with the mid-market rate.
Total cost: Dh567.25 - around 2.9 per cent of the total amount
Total received: €4,670.30
Route 2: online platform
The UAE bank’s charge for sending Dh20,000 to a UK dirham-denominated account was Dh2.10. The exchange rate margin cost was Dh60, plus a Dh12 fee.
Total cost: Dh74.10, around 0.4 per cent of the transaction
Total received: €4,756
The UAE bank transfer was far quicker – around two to three working days, while the online platform took around four to five days, but was considerably cheaper. In the online platform transfer, the funds were also exposed to currency risk during the period it took for them to arrive.
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