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Robert Jenrick criticizes British red tape after the take in Ukrainian family | Immigration and asylum

former cabinet minister Robert Jenrick criticized the Ukrainian refugee resettlement scheme as “overly bureaucratic”, after it is believed that he became first The MP welcomes the Ukrainian family to the UK.

He described the process by which 40-year-old Maria and her two children, Bogdan, 15, and Kristina, 11, ended up in the UK as “traumatic”. children’s father remained in Ukraine in fight Russian invasionhow is the law.

Speaking on on the Daily Telegraph Chopper’s Politics podcast, he said: “It was a very difficult experience for them. Even experience of coming here was traumatic.

“They spent seven hours stand in line at the Polish border before they could finally leave Ukraine, catch the flight to the UK and the experience they had and their relatives, in various parts of the country over in last two or three months is really painful.”

Of the visa process, he said: “To be honest, it was a bumpy start to the schema. It took too long to get the visa for us This is took about three weeks to get all three visas approved.

“And there is people who frustrated, he tried his patience of sponsors and more important, of families and individuals themselves.

“But being involved in some schemes that do not differ from this in in past, like Hong Kong scheme, Syrian scheme, Afghan scheme as minister as community secretary know that. But I think we’ll get over these bumps, we get over them now.”

He added: “There were simple things that we could and should done from the start like looking like in Ukrainian, for example. And I’m not sure do you need do checks on minors who they are highly unlikely to pose a threat to this country.”

He said some security checks were needed, but added: “Checks need do it quickly and in this case, I’m afraid it’s taken too long.

Jenrick said he has not yet received the £350 he is entitled to. for hosting family under governmenthome for Sponsorship scheme of Ukraine. If it was offered to him, he said he would either not accept it or pass This is directly to the refugees.

Several deputies and ministers said they had applied for admission to families.

Earlier this month, Conservative MP Duncan Baker said he welcomed mother And her son. “Until now… it has been very rewarding see how they feel safe in last after a very traumatic experience and begin to stabilize them and rebuild my life,” Baker said.

environment minister Victoria Prentice, took in 25-year-old Ukrainian refugee last month under a separate visitor visa scheme.

Last week, former health secretary Matt Hancock said he was planning house seven Ukrainian refugees at his residence in Suffolk.

Hancock described the visa process as “challenge”.

By Monday around 16,400 people I arrived in Great Britain under visa schemes of Ukraine, according to government figures, with 13,200 people arriving near Ukraine family scheme and 3200 under the “House” program. for Scheme Ukraine.

Both schemes received 94,700 applications and issued 56,500 visas by Thursday, the Department said in a statement. for Upgrading, Housing and Community, and the Department of the Interior.

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