The Ministry of Defence offered to expedite the review of a rejected resettlement application of an Afghan national after he posted sensitive details from a data breach on Facebook, the BBC understands.

Details about the blunder can finally be made public after a judge lifted a court injunction that had been sought by the government.

An emergency resettlement scheme for those affected by the breach, the Afghanistan Response Route, was set up in April 2024 and has seen 4,500 Afghans so far arrive in the UK. It has cost £400m, with a projected final cost of about £850m. A total of 6,900 people are expected to come to the UK under this scheme, which has now closed.