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‘Homes for Ukraine’ is just a slogan – as I found out by trying to welcome a refugee

Britain’s flagship scheme for matching hosts with refugees is another of the government’s inflated promises – and equally empty, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine scientist ‘profoundly let down’ by UK after seven-week visa wait

Olena Said, who has a British partner and manages trials for King’s College London, ‘stuck’ in Moldova

The Guardian - UK

Briton fears for friend ‘alone in a war zone’ amid Homes For Ukraine delays

Marcin Zawisza said he is worried about Olena Stadnik, who is stuck near the Russian-occupied city of Kherson in southern Ukraine.

The Independent UK

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‘We won’t give up Ukraine’ refugee says after finding a home in the UK

Sofiia Klimina is staying with a couple in Camberley, Surrey, after fleeing the Kyiv suburb of Irpin.

The Independent UK

Just '1 in 10' refugees handed Homes for Ukraine visas have made it to the UK

Tory ministers face furious calls to go faster after slow progress in awarded visas to Ukrainians fleeing Russia's war - despite hundreds of thousands of Brits being willing to host them

Daily Mirror

Ministers urged to remove ‘needless bureaucracy’ from Ukraine schemes as refugees at ‘risk of destitution’

Exclusive: Mounting calls to allow refugees to apply to Homes for Ukraine scheme in-country

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps unable to get Ukraine refugees he wants to host into UK, as criticism of delays grow

‘I just want to get the family over here and feel that they’re safe’, says ‘frustrated’ transport secretary

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UK opens more welcome hubs for Ukrainian refugees

Government’s move comes after charities voice despair over slow progress and red tape

The Guardian - UK

Scots volunteers taking in Ukrainian refugees to be offered home improvements if safety inspections fail

Homes will be checked for interlinked smoke alarms, heat detectors and thermal insultation.

Daily Record

Family squeezed in two-bed flat with no support after taking in Ukrainian relatives

Families are being denied financial support as their relatives did not come to the UK under government sponsorship and are struggling to make ends meeting due to the cost of living crisis

Daily Mirror

Homes for Ukraine: UK matching scheme launches amid safety fears

Government-funded scheme links sponsors with refugees, but some groups fear misuse by traffickers

The Guardian - UK

Men offering Ukrainian women fleeing war a place to stay in return for sex, charity warns

One woman says she was asked to send photos of herself by a man on social media who had signed up for the UK government's Homes for Ukraine scheme

Manchester Evening News

More than 7,000 people offer room or property to Ukrainians fleeing the war

Around 300 Ukrainians have so far been matched to households that have been offered through the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

The Independent UK

Men offering Ukrainian refugees a home in return for sex, charity says

Millions of people are fleeing their homes in the face of the Russian invasion

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Daily Record

Ukrainian women 'offered free homes for sex by men exploiting UK Government refugee scheme', Scots charity claims

Glasgow charity Positive Action in Housing says young Ukrainian women are being approached by Homes for Ukraine sponsors seeking "arrangements".

The Independent UK

Government-backed matching scheme opens to pair sponsors and Ukrainian refugees

Reset Communities and Refugees has launched a service to pair sponsors and refugees as well as providing safeguarding checks.

The Independent UK

Homes for Ukraine: Official ‘matching service’ launched to link hosts with refugees

People wishing to host Ukrainians invited to register with government-funded, charity-run matching system

Glasgow Live

Men 'offering free homes to Ukrainian women in return for sex' says Glasgow charity

A Glasgow charity has warned Ukrainian women seeking refuge are at huge risk of exploitation as it is claimed one woman was offered a stay in a man's luxury home in exchange for an "arrangement".

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Daily Record

Lockerbie family taking in family of refugees who fled Ukraine

Stuart and Helen King are set to welcome the woman and her children after their visas are granted

Wales Online

The Ukrainian refugees who have families ready to welcome them in Wales but are waiting on a flawed and 'embarrassing' system

Families in Wales have laid bare the difficulties they are having in welcoming refugees that they've befriended on social media into their homes

The Independent UK

Homes for Ukraine scheme ‘triumph of bureaucracy over humanity’ – UK sponsor

‘It just seems crazy that we’re asking people to do forms first in a humanitarian crisis, in the middle of a war zone,’ Simon Hay said.

The Independent UK

Ukraine visa scheme flaws could lead to ‘homelessness crisis’, warns Labour

MPs call on minister to issue urgent guidance to councils after figures show 150 Ukrainian families homeless

Daily Record

Ukrainian boy escapes to safety in Scotland after Record forces Home Office u-turn

Yuri, nine, and sister Victoria, 14, set for flight to Scotland this week after Daily Record intervention brings a visa for the Ukrainian kids.

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin’s advisers scared to tell him the truth, says British spy chief

The head of Britain’s GCHQ spy agency said Russian troops were short of weapons and low on morale.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s terrifying here’: families are sick and scared in Ukraine as they wait for UK visas

Boris Johnson defends ‘generous’ record on refugees yet just 2,700 visas have been issued under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the Home Office says

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