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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
May Bulman

UK must stop single men matching with lone refugee women under Ukraine scheme, says UN

Lucy Young

The UK government must do more to prevent Ukrainian women and children fleeing war from being matched with single British men under the sponsorship scheme or risk placing refugees in danger, the UN has said.

Following reports that refugee women have been targeted on social media by predatory men offering them rooms in their homes, the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) has called on Britain to introduce a “more appropriate matching process” as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

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