Home Office admits errors after arrest of Nepali guards airlifted from Kabul

Officials say number of guards detained in March had been granted indefinite leave to remain by mistake

The Home Office has admitted it made errors in the handling of the cases of some Nepali guards who risked their lives to protect British embassy staff in Afghanistan and were airlifted to safety in the UK after the Taliban took control of Kabul.

Ten of the guards who were living and working in the UK were arrested on 27 March in an immigration enforcement operation, handcuffed and placed in immigration detention centres. Some were given removal directions. Officials have released six of the guards, and the remaining four are likely to be released imminently.