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Community refugee sponsorship: how the Home Office can get its new safe-and-legal route right

As part of a package of reforms to the UK’s asylum system, Shabana Mahmood has laid out the details of a new community sponsorship route for refugees to come to the UK.

The Conversation

Ministers to crack down on profiteering in care sector and make renewed fostering push

Josh MacAlister issues warning as government launches £88m ‘call to arms’ to find homes for 10,000 foster children

The Guardian - UK

UK couple may have to evict Ukrainian refugees owing to planning rules

Rosemary Duckett, 80, and her husband, Anthony, 88, say situation is ‘bureaucracy gone mad’

The Guardian - UK

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Refugee allowance and rent compensation: Here's how benefits for Ukrainians are changing in Europe

The EU is hosting over 4.3 million Ukrainian refugees, with Germany having the largest share. Poland, Norway and other countries are adjusting their asylum policies. Here's how they compare.

Euronews

Ukrainian refugee’s boxing academy provides joy and confidence for UK youngsters

Oleksandr Pohodin, who is originally from Chernivtsi, set up Pohodin Boxing Academy in May 2024 in Sheffield.

The Independent UK

Tory MP says refugees she hosted became her ‘Ukrainian wife and daughter’

Dame Caroline Dinenage said she joined the Homes for Ukraine scheme because she could not ‘stand by and do nothing’.

Evening Standard

Ukrainian refugee’s artwork aims to ensure world ‘never forgets what Russia did’

Anastasiia Nekypila, an artist from Ukraine, hopes her paintings about Russia’s invasion will ensure people do not forget about the war.

Evening Standard

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Home Office U-turn allows Ukrainian refugees to bring children to UK after families separated

Changes brought in without warning by Rishi Sunak’s government mean some Ukrainian refugees have been unable to bring their children to UK

The Independent UK

U-turn sees Ukrainian toddler reunited with refugee parents in UK as calls grow for government policy change

Exclusive: Labour peer Lord Dubs backs urgent calls for new government to reopen family reunion route for Ukrainian refugees

The Independent UK

Home Office asks Ukrainian woman scammed over visa scheme to leave UK

Home Office asks Anastasiia Drevynytska, 20, to return to war-torn country after her paperwork was incorrect

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan urges Government to do more to combat London property owners with links to the Kremlin

Sadiq Khan has urged the Government to go further in clamping down on property owned by Russians with links to the Kremlin or accused of corruption.

Evening Standard

Heartbroken Ukrainian refugee left separated from son, 11, after sudden UK visa rule change

Olga Brandes-Shytikova is no longer eligible to sponsor her 11-year-old son to come to the UK

Evening Standard

Closure of UK family scheme for Ukrainians described as ‘cruel’ move

Government defends decision that opposition politicians say could put vulnerable people at risk

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives criticised for closing Ukraine Family Visa Scheme

The scheme has led to 72,000 Ukrainians being given UK visas

Evening Standard

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Councils call for funding help as more Ukrainian refugees become homeless

Continuation of war has left more refugees unsettled, with councils stepping in to to relieve most cases of homelessness

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainians can extend UK visas by 18 months in new scheme

Refugees will have ‘certainty and assurance’ says Home Office, but charities say move insufficient as many face homelessness

The Guardian - UK

‘An incredible miracle’: Ukrainian families find solace in British homes

Many Ukrainians have been welcomed in the UK, in some cases becoming part of the extended families of their hosts

The Independent UK

Ukrainian refugees falling victim to ‘extremely sophisticated’ UK visa scam, charities warn

Exclusive: Ukrainians are landing at UK airports only to discover that their travel documents and host families are fake

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Ukrainian refugee families in UK four times as likely to end up homeless

British Red Cross research calls for more funding to support Ukrainians to prevent them ending up on streets this winter

The Independent UK

Visa uncertainty adding to ‘insecurity’ for Ukrainian refugees, campaigner warns

The first visas issued as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme – launched last year following the Russian invasion – will expire in March 2025.

The Guardian - UK

Share how you will be affected as funding for the UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme is set to end

With thousands of sponsorship arrangements due to end next March, we want to hear from Ukrainians in the UK about their concerns

The Guardian - UK

Homes for Ukraine funding halt could put thousands on streets, says watchdog

Sponsorship arrangements for more than 130,000 Ukrainians who fled to UK are due to end next March

The Independent UK

Government must soon make visa and funding decisions for Ukrainians in UK – NAO

The Homes for Ukraine Scheme launched in March 2022.

The Independent UK

Homes for Ukraine hosts struggling with cost of living, survey suggests

Just under 5,500 hosts under the scheme were surveyed and many reported struggles with bills and food costs.

The Conversation

Why thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the UK are now homeless

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, thousands of people were forced to leave their homes in search of safety. A year and a half later, many of those Ukrainian refugees who reached the UK are again finding themselves homeless.

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