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A National Audit Office (NAO) report in October found 131,000 Ukrainians had to come to the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme between March 18 2022 and August 28 2023, but questions remain ...
A Ukrainian refugee and her British host family will mark the first anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war by running a half marathon in a bid to raise money for displaced children caught up in the ...
Around 79,000 refugees have come to the UK under the Homes For Ukraine sponsorship scheme, with hosts expected to provide accommodation for at least six months.
Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees in Calais have been told by British authorities to obtain a visa at UK consulates in Paris or Brussels, Mr Darmanin said, calling it “a bit inhumane” to expect ...
When the conflict broke out, there were an estimated 16,000 to 20,000 Ukrainian tourists, now refugees, in Egypt. [291] [292] The Egyptian government assisted them to leave Egypt, with free flights to Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary – as of 4 March, almost 4,000 had left the country. [292]
Some 53,800 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in the UK under visa schemes, including the Homes for Ukraine programme, which amounts to just over half the number of visas granted.
Ukrainians in the United Kingdom are Ukrainians and people of Ukrainian ancestry residing in the United Kingdom.The number of Ukrainian-born citizens residing in the U.K. increased dramatically following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022; the U.K. has issued 260,800 visas to Ukrainian refugees as of July 2024.
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched an invasion of its neighbour Ukraine. [1] Over the following weeks, large numbers of refugees began to flee the country. [2] The UK government's initial reaction to this was criticised for the maintenance of visa restrictions and the believed slowness of accepting applications. [3]