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This anomaly needs to be rectified to ensure that justice is done to the applicants and UK tax payers.”Formed by Afghan Sikh community that entered the UK as refugees from Afghanistan and settled in London, the GGND is also registered as Afghan Ekta Cultural Religious Community Center. Kaur said that the minister also informed that the country guidance on Afghanistan was due to be updated.The meeting with minister was arranged by MP Emma Hardy, who had highlighted the plight of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus in the UK Parliament on December 3, 2017. These applicants, on appeal, are found by judges of the Immigration Tribunal to be in need of protection, based on the current situation in Afghanistan. It has over 20,000 members in UK and over 1 lakh worldwide.Kaur said that Nokes had assured the representatives that she would ask the policy officers to contact the Afghan Sikh and Hindu community for the latest information on their plights in Afghanistan. She had said that the Home Office asylum guidance for Afghan Sikhs was in desperate need of updating.Kaur said she had also briefed the minister on the ongoing efforts to ensure the UN reports also reflected the real and immediate risk of religious persecution of Sikhs and Hindus, following the recent escalation in violence.The comes days after the Indian government clearing the redrafted Citizenship Amendment Bill that would help Afghan Hindus and Sikhs living in India in getting citizenship..