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‘It’s terrifying here’: families are sick and scared in Ukraine as they wait for UK visas

Boris Johnson defends ‘generous’ record on refugees yet just 2,700 visas have been issued under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the Home Office says

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove meets Edinburgh Ukrainian Club members

The Secretary of State for Housing and Communities said he discussed how to make the Homes for Ukraine scheme ‘even better’.

The Independent UK

Do not let refugee scheme become Tinder for sex traffickers, PM is warned

Boris Johnson told a committee of MPs that it was key to have checks both on Ukrainian refugees, and on those offering to house them.

The Independent UK

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More than four million refugees have fled Ukraine since start of Russian invasion

Around 6.5 million people have also been displaced from their homes within Ukraine

Manchester Evening News

Fears over hosting scheme as Ukrainians arriving in UK already registering as homeless

At least 36 refugee households arriving under Homes for Ukraine have already registered as homeless

The Independent UK

Ukraine lunchtime briefing: Trump calls on Vladimir Putin to release dirt on Biden family

Major headlines at lunchtime on day 34 day since the Russians invaded Ukraine

Wales Online

Refugees minister: We have not got everything right with Ukraine scheme

Lord Harrington told MPs the process for filling out visa applications was still taking too long.

The Independent UK

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Nearly 30,000 refugees apply for Homes for Ukraine scheme

Nearly 30,000 refugees have so far applied for the British Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme.

Evening Standard

‘Woeful’ 2,700 visas granted under new Ukrainian refugee sponsorship scheme

The Home Office said 28,300 applications have been received under the Homes For Ukraine scheme, and 31,200 for the family route.

The Independent UK

Tories accused of leaving refugees in limbo as only 10% of Homes for Ukraine scheme applications granted

Labour condemns ‘shameful scale of bureaucracy’ as figures show just 2,700 sponsorship visas issued

The Independent UK

Only 2,700 visas granted under UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme

Home Office also reveals that 22,800 visas have been issued to Ukrainian refugees with family members in UK

The Guardian - UK

Only 2,700 Ukrainians given spare rooms despite 200,000 Brits offering to help

The Homes For Ukraine scheme statistics have been published and despite more than 200,000 offering to help, just 2,700 refugees have been granted a visa by the Home Office

Daily Mirror

UK's Homes for Ukraine sponsor scheme should be offered to Afghan refugees, Tory MPs say

Former cabinet ministers including Baroness Nicky Morgan, Damian Green and have pressed Communities Secretary Michael Gove to make faster progress on resettling Afghans refugees

Daily Mirror

Newly arrived Ukrainian refugees forced to register as homeless in UK as councils ‘left to pick up the pieces’

Exclusive: Local authorities ‘scrambling’ to house refugees whose relatives cannot accommodate them

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The Independent UK

Homes for Ukraine scheme: how you can help house refugees fleeing war

Millions of Ukrainians have fled their homeland after Russia’s invasion, triggering a major humanitarian crisis within Europe.

The Independent UK

‘Enormous opportunity’: Extend Homes for Ukraine scheme to include Afghan refugees, Tory MPs tell Gove

Ministers urged ‘build on the extraordinary wave of goodwill’ shown by British public following launch of Ukraine sponsorship scheme

The Independent UK

20,000 applications made to Homes for Ukraine scheme - but minister refuses to say how many visas issued

Government still declining to reveal how many Ukrainians have arrived in UK under sponsorship scheme amid mounting concern that application process is overly complex and inaccessible

The Guardian - UK

UK visa rule leaving refugees stranded in war-torn Ukraine, say charities

Government urged to scrap visa requirements as Homes for Ukraine applicants express concern at system

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Homes for Ukraine: Bristol woman helping refugees says scheme is 'ridiculous'

She has travelled to Poland and has concerns about the Homes for Ukraine scheme

Daily Record

Desperate Ukrainian refugees 'advertising' themselves on social media sparking human traffickers fears

Campaigners are calling for action to protect Ukrainian refugees looking for UK sponsors to prevent exploitation by criminals.

Wales Online

Homes for Ukraine: Charity says Ukrainians it is helping have yet to been given sponsor visas

Positive Action in Housing warned the scheme has left refugees “to turn in desperation to strangers on social media for sponsors”

The Guardian - UK

‘False hope’: refugee charity attacks UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme

Positive Action in Housing says visas not being granted and refugees seeking sponsors are putting themselves in danger

The Independent UK

Charity: No Ukrainians we are helping have yet been given sponsor visas

Desperate refugees are turning to strangers on social media for sponsors, Positive Action in Housing said.

The Independent UK

The descendants of Jewish refugees opening their doors to Ukrainians in the UK

‘I felt like I couldn’t not host. I wouldn’t be alive if my parents were not given sanctuary here,’ says Lesley Schatzberger, whose mother and father fled the Nazi regime as children and later met in Britain, tells May Bulman

The Independent UK

‘Refugees can’t afford to wait’: The British company boss filling the hole in the Homes for Ukraine scheme

Charities are taking much-needed aid to victims of war - but only a handful of volunteers are matching refugees with UK host families

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