‘You should try fish and chips’: UK scouts praised for welcoming Ukrainian refugees

Welcoming messages for refugees on display at the Kent international jamboree at Maidstone. Photograph: Dan Dennsion/Save the Children

Scouts in the UK have been praised for setting adults an example on how to welcome refugees after they made hundreds of messages of support for Ukrainian families fleeing the war.

“You are so brave and I hope you like it here,” wrote one scout in a decorated card. Another said: “REMEMBER YOU ARE LOVED.” Among other messages were: “Let us take you to safety” and “You should try fish and chips.”