Scotland stands ready to take 3,000 Ukrainian refugees “as an immediate step”, Nicola Sturgeon has said as she called on the UK government to accelerate the numbers allowed into the country.
The First Minister restated her government’s offer to act as a “super sponsor” of Ukrainian refugees as Michael Gove confirmed that only 3,000 UK visas have been issued to Ukrainian family members over the last two week of conflict.
In a series of Sunday morning tweets, the SNP leader expressed her frustration that Gove's scheme set out for UK households to sponsor individual refugees to stay with them will be too slow and bureaucratic.
