More than a month after the launch of the UK sponsorship program for Ukraine, thousands of of sponsors are still waiting to welcome Ukrainian citizens, amid reports of red tape and bureaucracy in process.
Lynette Protheroe of Derbyshire was picked up with sisters Yana and Inna and their three children on March 20, but a few weeks after applying, she says she still doesn’t have way track it progress.
” system chaotic, and he fails in these people,” Ms Protheroe told Sky News.
“You can order multiple balloons from China and you can track them and you know where are you from know where is it.
“In general, you can tell when it will be delivered. You cannot track these visa applications. way in family can track them. You just must wait.”
Only 12.7% of visa holders arrived in United Kingdom
Sponsorship scheme of Ukraine allows citizens of Ukraine and their family participants can come to the UK if they have a designated sponsor within Homes for Scheme of Ukraine.
Since launch on March 14 received 55,600 visa applications, of of which 25,100 pieces were produced.
Approximately 3,200 visa holders arrived in United Kingdom.
Yaya and Inna currently in home on Dnieper, where hostilities intensified. Miss Prothero said to wait to make them safety It has left she is beside herself with worry.
“You are tossed between total anger and desire to yell at someone… to be on facet of tears,” she said.
“All five of they have current international biometric passports so they don’t need visa. They are just need travel authorization letter. We were told it would take three to five days. Well we are now on day 23.
“We’ve gone from post to post, we email, we don’t get replies, we get information from deputies that are different from what we get from other avenues and everything we want This truth. All of us want This truth about it first week when system was overloaded and could not cope, and our documents were lost.”
Security check is paramount
Getting Lynette house up to the council safety standards also was a grueling task. She had to fill a pond in the garden and was asked to board up glass doors and add limiters windows.
Ministers faced questions last summer after fiveyear-old Afghan refugee Mohammed Munib Majidi fell on death from the ninthfloor window of hotel it family were temporarily placed in.
This was stated by the Executive Director of the Council for Refugees Enver Solomon. safety is of paramount importance.
“Children and women who will be vulnerable need be in a home where there are relevant safety checks. If something went horribly wrong because there were no checks, we all asked for a lot of questions about it and raising real concerns,” he told Sky News.
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“But they must be proportionate, and they must ensure that people don’t linger in get into people homes.”
Refugee Minister Lord Harrington said the UK on This way to achieve your goal of case processing in 48 hours.
“However, we do not calm down, we have already made raft of changes and will do more further simplify the visa process by helping thousands of more Ukrainians come to the UK through these safe and legal routes and away from the atrocities that are being committed. in their homeland,” he said.