Ukraine family scheme quietly closed today!

Holiday insurance.A friend has been told her insurance for one week in Portugal will be £185 from Jet2s own insurance she is on meds for high blood pressure and thyroid problems she is 78 this seems an awful lot to me ,or is it what it costs now??

Sorry insurance question posted under wrong subject 😔

Old frill- 'Our 'Ukrainian family may have been able to stay in Poland but lots of refugees were coming over the border so accommodation would have bern difficult. Poland welcomed so many Ukrainians.

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Old frill- 'Our 'Ukrainian family may have been able to stay in Poland but lots of refugees were coming over the border so accommodation would have bern difficult. Poland welcomed so many Ukrainians.

As the husband was already working in Poland, and as Poland was so welcoming to Ukrainian refugees, it's seems odd to choose UK. The Poles may have a harsher attitude towards Ukrainians choosing not to support the defence of their country. Sounds like opportunism. The UK is supporting Ukraine in so many ways it could be a given that they will stay and fight, and, at least, not be harboured here.

I’m not concerned about that one family but I am concerned about Ukrainians who need sanctuary now being unable to come to Britain without a British citizen sponsor. Many British people cannot afford to do that because being a sponsor normally means that the sponsor finances the person seeking sanctuary. I’m pretty sure we don’t make that demand for others coming to the country, in fact 750,000 visas were given last year. Many came to do care work, and I’m sure that Ukrainians could do that work too.
I’m utterly shocked that we have closed our doors to so many people who desperately need safe sanctuary.

We don't give the benefits to refugees that we give immediately on arrival to Ukrainians.
Sponsors are paid

To be clear, Sponsors for Ukrainians are paid. Sponsors for other nationalities have to pay to sponsor.

We housed a family of four Ukrainians and were given £350 a month for the first 6 or 7 months and then we were paid £500 for the last month they were with us. We did not make a profit but that was never our aim.