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Rabia Nasimi, Afghan Resettlement Team

Rabia Nasimi, Research and Insights Lead, Afghan Resettlement Team, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rabia Nasimi, is the Research and Insights Lead, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Inside Policy: Operation Warm Welcome

Rabia Nasimi and Daniel Steel, Afghan Resettlement Team, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

When the Afghan government collapsed in 2021, a significant cross-government effort - Operation Warm Welcome - swung into action to support refugees arriving in Britain to rebuild their lives. Two civil servants describe how they help give Afghans a voice. …

Growing up in an alien country wasn't easy

Rabia Nasimi

Twenty-three years after fleeing Afghanistan’s warzone aged just five years old, Rabia Nasimi tells how she adjusted to a new life and language in London. Now a civil servant, Rabia works in the Afghan Resettlement Team, using her experience to …