A brand new report discovered that dozens of Afghan refugees out of practically 80,000 evacuees who got here to the U.S. weren't totally vetted once they arrived and cannot be situated within the U.S.

The Division of Protection's Inspector Basic report launched February 15 revealed that the lacking Afghans have "derogatory info," which it identifies as info "that probably justifies an unfavorable health or entry willpower." It is a case that then requires additional investigation.

The report said that the Nationwide Counter-Terrorism Middle did not vet Afghan evacuees utilizing all of the Protection Division knowledge earlier than they've arrived.

"This occurred as a result of Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) enrollments have been in contrast in opposition to the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) knowledge, which didn't initially embrace all biometric knowledge situated within the DoD Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) database," the report said.

Absolutely vetting Afghan evacuees additionally occurred as a result of Protection Division's Nationwide Floor Intelligence Middle (NGIC) having agreements with "overseas companions" that forestalls sharing some ABIS knowledge with U.S. companies "exterior of the DoD."

As of December 13, the NGIC reviewed round 58,455 of the 80,404 Afghan evacuees' information that it obtained and can take till roughly March to complete reviewing the remaining evacuees.

Nonetheless, the NGIC recognized 31 Afghans within the U.S. who had "derogatory" info as of September 17, however solely three could possibly be situated. The 31 Afghan evacuees have been recognized earlier than authorities companies started totally sharing info with one another as of September 30.

"NGIC personnel required entry to the CBP digital enrollment information to conduct the analytic evaluation of Afghan evacuees and, on September 30, 2021, the NGIC entered into an settlement with the DHS to entry CBP information to finish the evaluation," the report learn.

Moreover as November 2, the NGIC recognized 50 Afghan personnel within the U.S. with info in Protection Division information that "point out probably important safety issues."

Afghan Refugees Sent to U.S. went missing
A report by the Division of Protection discovered that not less than 4 dozen Afghan refugees out of practically 80,000 evacuees who got here to the U.S. weren't totally vetted once they arrived and cannot be situated within the U.S. Above, refugees arrive at Dulles Worldwide Airport after being evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan August 27, 2021 in Dulles, Virginia. Photograph by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs

The Protection Division identifies these with important safety issues as "people whose latent fingerprints have been discovered on improvised explosive units and recognized or suspected terrorists."

No particulars have been revealed in regards to the location or present standing of these refugees or whether or not the variety of Afghans with a safety concern standing modified.

The findings of the report come months after the U.S. withdrew its troops from Afghanistan, ending an almost two-decade warfare but in addition drawing criticism focused on the Biden administration for the way in which the evacuation operation was dealt with.

Over 75,000 Afghan refugees have been admitted to the U.S., however the State Division has been fighting their resettlement course of and turned to the non-public sector for assist.

Newsweek contacted the Division of Protection for feedback.