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Emily Sheffield

Emily Sheffield: We must honestly air concerns about the host refugee scheme

Since Monday, generous and well-meaning Brits have been registering their willingness to host refugees with the Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme. Maybe you are one of them. More than 150,000 have signed up and numbers are still climbing. From today, hosts and refugees who have (somehow) found each other can submit a joint visa application and work together to have the family relocated from Poland to their home. Only 5,500 Ukrainians have a visa so far but according to government sources, soon we’ll have lots more as they are reducing the application from 49 pages to 30 this weekend.

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