The UK Government has launched a scheme, Home for Ukraine, in an attempt to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion. The programme has been rolled this week and allows individuals, charities, community groups, and businesses to bring people escaping the war to safety.
Additionally people in the UK, who will be offering accommodation to Ukrainian refugees through the new scheme will receive a "thank you" payment of £350 per month. Local authorities will also receive £10,500 in extra funding per refugee for support services with more for children of school age.
So far tens of thousands of people have signed up for the scheme helping to tackle Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War. More than 2.3m people are said to have fled the war in Ukraine and another 1.9m are displaced within the country, a United Nations official has said.
