Absolute chaos!

Well, they showed the form on ITV which needs to be filled in online to ask for permission to come to the UK.

First - have access to the internet (not easy for refugees surely?)
Secondly- the kind of bureaucratic form which puts people already in the UK applying for Attendance Allowance, a Blue Badge etc.
Thirdly - is it even in Ukrainian or is it in English?

I'm beginning to think that P Patel has totally lost the plot.

Pantglas2 - I could have written your post just substituting the FM's name to Nicola Sturgeon. The Syrian refugees who came to Scotland are mainly still living in "hotels". I would, however, think that most refugees coming to Scotland would be accommodated and assisted by the large number of Polish, Latvian and Ukranian people who already live and work here.

Grayling

Pantglas2 - I could have written your post just substituting the FM's name to Nicola Sturgeon. The Syrian refugees who came to Scotland are mainly still living in "hotels". I would, however, think that most refugees coming to Scotland would be accommodated and assisted by the large number of Polish, Latvian and Ukranian people who already live and work here.

Agreed Grayling Drakeford has a habit of promising the world and not delivering.

I could promise three Ukrainian families a sanctuary in lovely north Wales but they’d be housed in my sun house, the lean-to and Mr PGs man cave! You get my drift...

There is no plan to provide refugee accommodation for Ukrainians in the UK though is there? As it currently stands they are only allowed to come here if they have immediate family sponsors. So moaning about the perceived inadequacies of the Scottish or Welsh governments isn’t relevant as it’s a UK Government decision.

Your Labour bias does you or your argument no credit Casdon - the inadequacies are of all administrations London and Cardiff and refusal to acknowledge that is the problem here.

There’s too much politicking and not enough performing at the highest level - people from the bottom up are busting a gut to get results for those who matter and those at the top simply want to score points.

Most of us can see through them.

I’m stating what I believe are the facts Pantglas2. Decisions to admit refugees to the UK are made by the UK government. The funding for housing refugees is devolved to councils. If you have gripes about the housing of refugees in the council area where you live you should take it up with your council - if you’re in a Labour run council area they are as culpable as any party if they aren’t meeting the requirement. Under the present agreement Ukrainian refugees will not be allocated housing.

New scheme announced to help Ukrainians coming to the UK.
www.sanctuaryfoundation.org.uk/

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