More than 180 Ukrainian refugees are to be resettled in Liverpool in the coming weeks and months.
Since the outbreak of the Russian invasion in February, citizens have been displaced from their homes as Putin’s tanks have laid waste and more than 8m have been forced to flee. In the four months since Russian forces crossed into Ukraine, 158 people have been resettled in the city through the Homes for Ukraine Scheme while more have come to the country through the Ukraine Family Scheme.
Jill Summers, Liverpool Council community cohesion officer, told a meeting of the local authority’s neighbourhoods committee that the city had a “long tradition” of supporting those in need, particularly since the Afghanistan crisis in 2015. Ms Summers said previously the resettlement schemes had been led through the Home Office but was now through the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, making it “quite different” but relevant individuals were receiving regular briefings on processes.
