The Latest Breaking News from Homes for Ukraine

Letters: Ukrainians fleeing war and the British families trying to help them face a bureaucratic nightmare under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, writes Kate Williams. Plus letters from Neal Ascherson, Stephen Tyrer and an anonymous refugee host

Despite a dedicated scheme allowing refugees to travel without a sponsor host, Home Office delays in issuing visas has kept the numbers of those arriving very low.

Ministers have apologised after criticism that visa schemes are not working fast enough

The British government is defending its Ukraine refugee policy despite figures indicating that only 12,000 Ukrainians fleeing the war have arrived in the U.K. The figure from the government includes 10,800 people who came to join family members in Britain, and just 1,200 under the Homes for Ukraine program set…

Some family sponsors are unable or unwilling to accommodate arrivals, while dozens of matches under the Homes for Ukraine scheme have fallen through.

But the latest data comes amid continuing concern applications are taking too long to process - risking lives

The Home Secretary said 'I apologise with frustration' but defended her record after creaking bureaucracy stopped Brits being able to host Ukrainians in their spare rooms

Ministers accused of ‘squandering’ generosity of British public with ‘needless bureaucracy and delays’

Just 1,200 of the 32,000 Ukrainians who have applied to the Government’s sponsorship scheme have safely arrived in the UK, leaving thousands starving, sick and in danger while they wait — so how did Michael Gove’s re-homing process all go so wrong? Katie Strick reports

UK ‘sponsors’ desperate to help families left without safety say they have waited for weeks without news.

Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis - the daughter of its founder Michael Eavis - said she plans to house a refugee family from Ukraine but they haven't been granted visas