The Latest Breaking News from Homes for Ukraine

Charity: No Ukrainians we are helping have yet been given sponsor visas

Desperate refugees are turning to strangers on social media for sponsors, Positive Action in Housing said.

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2022

The descendants of Jewish refugees opening their doors to Ukrainians in the UK

‘I felt like I couldn’t not host. I wouldn’t be alive if my parents were not given sanctuary here,’ says Lesley Schatzberger, whose mother and father fled the Nazi regime as children and later met in Britain, tells May Bulman

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2022

‘Refugees can’t afford to wait’: The British company boss filling the hole in the Homes for Ukraine scheme

Charities are taking much-needed aid to victims of war - but only a handful of volunteers are matching refugees with UK host families

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2022

Asylum delays force Ukraine refugees to ‘return to war zone out of desperation’

British businessman Andrew Murray has criticised the Home Office for making it ‘deliberately difficult’ for people fleeing the war.

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022

Ukrainian refugees to be given warm Scottish welcome at two major train stations

Network Rail has introduced designated meeting points for refugees arriving at Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central.

Daily Record · Mar 23, 2022

How to apply for the Homes for Ukraine scheme in the UK

UK government has announced a scheme that would welcome more refugees into the country

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

'You can't just put them in a bed': Mental health charity calls for Government to do more for Ukraine refugees

The Newcastle-based charity Mental Health Concern is to offer support directly to Ukrainian refugees - and calls on Government to do more than just 'putting them in a room in a house'

Chronicle Live · Mar 22, 2022

Ministers refuse to publish Homes for Ukraine application numbers amid concern there have been ‘hardly any’

Charities and lawyers warn it is ‘nigh on impossible’ for refugees to apply due to ‘convoluted’ process

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

UK refugee scheme ‘taking so long’ say couple opening up their home

Volunteers are also increasingly concerned about the threat of human trafficking as women are left stranded in Europe with young children.

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

The Hollywood stars and British celebs vowing to house Ukrainian refugees

Benedict Cumberbatch, Gary Lineker and Emma Thompson are among the high profile stars who have offered to welcome refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine under the government's Homes for Ukraine scheme

Daily Mirror · Mar 21, 2022