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The Latest Breaking News from Homes for Ukraine

Priti Patel faces legal action from Ukrainians stuck in visa backlog

Exclusive: Charities say Homes for Ukraine scheme endangers refugees, adds to trauma and needs overhaul

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of Ukrainian families halt bids to reach UK after visa delays

Some have returned to Mariupol area in frustration and some British sponsors also quitting scheme, it is claimed

The Guardian - UK

Almost 600 Ukrainian refugees granted visas to come to Northern Ireland

The total number of refugees who have arrived in Northern Ireland is not known, with many arriving at Dublin Airport.

The Independent UK

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UK’s visa schemes ‘creating and heightening’ trafficking and exploitation risks

More than 100 experts have highlighted the “troubling implications” of the UK’s visa-based response.

The Independent UK

UK government admits to processing delays for Ukraine visas

Workflow backlog understood to be behind often long wait for refugees to hear of visa approval

The Guardian - UK

Around one in five refugees granted Homes for Ukraine visas have arrived in UK

As of Monday around 27,100 people had travelled to Britain under Ukraine visa schemes.

The Independent UK

Briton ‘will travel to Ukraine to care for autistic teenager’ after visa issues

Julie Elliot and her husband Roger hope to welcome 16-year-old refugee Timothy Tymoshenko into their home.

The Independent UK

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One of Wales’ first Ukraine host families warns rehoming scheme is 'open to exploitation'

The couple are now working to guide people through the Homes for Ukraine scheme

Wales Online

Host ’embarrassed’ as UK refugee scheme rejects teenage Ukrainian musician

Deanne Campbell, from Somerset, submitted an application to bring 16-year-old Anastasiia Sandalova to the UK on March 29.

The Independent UK

Ed Balls slams Homes for Ukraine scheme delays after applying to host family

Good Morning Britain presenter Ed Balls told co-host Susanna Reid he had 'personal experience' with issues with the scheme

Daily Mirror

Homes for Ukraine hosts protest over Home Office visa delays

MPs presented with dossier of 986 cases where visas have been applied for but not yet granted

The Guardian - UK

More than 800 Ukrainian refugees waiting since March to come to UK – hosts

Frustrated hosts say more than 800 refugees who applied during the first two weeks of the Homes for Ukraine scheme are still waiting for visas.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian refugee left homeless after UK host demanded bill money

Olha, 36, says she was told to leave Brighton home when she was unable to pay money being demanded of her

The Guardian - UK

Homes For Ukraine refugee scheme ‘appears designed for people to fail’ whistleblower claims

‘We don’t really know what we’re doing,’ a whistleblower claiming to work on the scheme said

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

‘Inhumane’ Homes for Ukraine scheme requests security scans for baby girl

Exclusive: Olga Kolisnyk was told by UK visa officials her infant daughter would require biometric scans 800 miles away in Warsaw

The Guardian - UK

Homes For Ukraine whistleblower says UK refugee scheme is ‘designed to fail’

Worker claims confused staff are ‘making up response’ to applications and visas are withheld to keep numbers down

Evening Standard

UK’s visa scheme painfully slow says lecturer offering home to five Ukrainians

Neil Adams, who is rearranging his Wigan home for the family, said the Homes for Ukraine scheme has been made ‘as difficult as possible’

The Independent UK

UK’s visa scheme painfully slow, says Briton offering home to five Ukrainians

Neil Adams, who is rearranging his Wigan home for the family, said the Homes for Ukraine scheme has been made ‘as difficult as possible’.

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Wales Online

Delays with Ukraine children's visas leave Brit hosts at wits' end

Tim Boniface and his partner Jayne Coppinger are one of five households in Wysall, near Nottingham, sponsoring Ukrainian families under the Homes for Ukraine scheme

The Independent UK

Delays processing Ukraine children’s visas leave hosts ‘at wits’ end’

A group of would-be hosts will stage a vigil outside the Home Office calling for an end to “cynical and deadly” delays.

Wales Online

The number of Ukrainian refugees coming to Wales has been confirmed

More will also be arriving, the Welsh Government has said

Evening Standard

More than 21,000 Ukrainian refugees now in UK amid criticism of Home Office response

Overall, the UK has received 107,200 applications from Ukrainian refugees

Chronicle Live

Terrified mum trapped with five-year-old in Ukraine - weeks after Whitley Bay family offered them a home

The Government has defended its Homes for Ukraine scheme over criticisms about delays, saying changes have been made to 'streamline' the system

Bristol Post

Homes for Ukraine sees more than 200 visas granted in Bristol

The scheme allows Ukrainian nationals and their family members to come to the UK if they have a named sponsor

The Independent UK

Some Ukrainian refugees face homelessness after arriving in Scotland, MSPs told

Holyrood’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee took evidence from local authority representatives on Thursday.

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