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The first visas issued as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme – launched last year following the Russian invasion – will expire in March 2025.

With thousands of sponsorship arrangements due to end next March, we want to hear from Ukrainians in the UK about their concerns

Sponsorship arrangements for more than 130,000 Ukrainians who fled to UK are due to end next March

The Homes for Ukraine Scheme launched in March 2022.

Just under 5,500 hosts under the scheme were surveyed and many reported struggles with bills and food costs.

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, thousands of people were forced to leave their homes in search of safety. A year and a half later, many of those Ukrainian refugees who reached the UK are again finding themselves homeless.

Google the words “Ukraine counteroffensive” and the adverb you will most commonly find associated with them is “slowly”. The popular misconception in the months leading up to the launch of Ukraine’s summer push was that, like last autumn’s lightning counter-attacks around Kherson in the south and Kharkiv in the north-east…

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced at least 12 million Ukrainians to flee their homes. Many of these refugees have moved elsewhere in Europe, including to the UK, where the government offered specialised visa routes and programmes. One was the Homes for Ukraine scheme, which matched Ukrainian refugees with…

Immigration minister considering launch of Homes for Afghans scheme similar to that offered to Ukrainians

UK Ministry of Defence says Ukraine has ‘likely made good progress’ in some areas but that progress is ‘slower’ in others

More than 124,000 people have arrived in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme since February 2022.