Highland barracks' role in resettling Afghans to end

by Louis

The 140-year-old Cameron Barracks in Inverness is to be phased out from use as a place for housing Afghans who risked their lives helping the UK armed forces.

The UK was part of a US-led military coalition which withdraw from Afghanistan in August 2021 after 20 years of conflict.

Cameron Barracks has been used as temporary accommodation for families relocated to the UK under the Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP).

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the barracks, along with other military sites, were being returned to full use by the armed forces due to heightened global tensions.

Eleven families from Afghanistan have been relocated to the Highland Council area since December 2023.

The local authority said the MoD had offered eight homes it owns as alternative temporary accommodation to the former army depot.

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