
Refugees wait in a crowd for transportation after fleeing from Ukraine
(Picture: AP)London business chiefs on Tuesday led a rallying call for firms to provide jobs for the thousands of refugees expected to come to the capital under the Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme.
There were almost 19,000 Ukrainians living in London before the Russian invasion — just over half of all Ukrainians in England and Wales — and the capital is expecting an influx of refugees joining family and friends already here.