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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]
The Homes for Ukraine programme allows individuals, charities, community groups and businesses to bring people escaping the war to safety – even if they have no ties to the UK.
Hundreds of Homes For Ukraine hosts have signed an open letter asking the Government to make it ... Around 79,000 refugees have come to the UK under the Homes For Ukraine sponsorship scheme, with ...
But in new guidance issued on Friday morning, the Home Office has now stated that a parent or legal guardian who holds permission under any of the Ukraine schemes can apply to sponsor their child.
The Homes for Ukraine Scheme launched in March 2022.
A Homes for Ukraine sponsor hoping to host a colleague from Kyiv has described the process as “a giant sea of ineptitude and delays”, as the Russian invasion passes the eight-month mark.
Meanwhile the Home Office said it had issued 10,200 visas under the Ukraine family scheme as of 4pm on Sunday. A total of 31,500 applications have been submitted so far, according to provisional ...
Some 107,100 Ukrainians have arrived in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, with 144,600 visas issued, latest Government figures show. DLUHC said the monthly thank you payments to hosts ...