Revealed: Desperate Ukrainians resorting to illegal routes and ‘rogue advisers’ to bring children to UK
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Revealed: Desperate Ukrainians resorting to illegal routes and ‘rogue advisers’ to bring children to UK

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Desperate Ukrainian families are resorting to illegal routes and “rogue advisers” to bring their children to Britain after “catastrophic” changes to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, ministers have been told. The government, which has vowed “ironclad” support for Ukrainians, has been warned repeatedly since taking office that changes to the Ukrainian sponsorship schemes – made overnight last February by the Tory administration – are preventing children from joining their parents in the UK. Having previously warned that the current situation “betrays our commitment to Ukrainians”, Lord Dubs said it was not right that families were being put in such a position, adding: “I don’t believe this is what the government wants to happen.” Approached about the latest warning, the Home Office said it was aware of issues caused by the February rule changes and was taking urgent action to resolve them “at the earliest possible opportunity”. open image in gallery Settled wrote to home secretary Yvette Cooper this week to warn about the difficulties facing Ukrainian families Settled is now receiving requests for help on a weekly basis from parents who have resorted to irregular routes to bring their children to the UK, with “more and more” people now finding themselves in this situation, according to the charity’s Ukraine schemes adviser Yuliia Ismail.

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Home Office U-turn allows Ukrainian refugees to bring children to UK after families separated
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Home Office U-turn allows Ukrainian refugees to bring children to UK after families separated

The Independent  

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Putin's planes took Ukrainian kids into 'coerced' Russian adoption, a Yale report says
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin's planes took Ukrainian kids into 'coerced' Russian adoption, a Yale report says

NPR  

Putin's planes took Ukrainian kids into 'coerced' Russian adoption, a Yale report says toggle caption Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik via Reuters KYIV, Ukraine — Russia's president and senior Kremlin officials have financed and facilitated the transport of at least 314 Ukrainian children in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine into coerced foster care and adoptions since the 2022 invasion, according to a new investigation …

Ukrainian mother’s desperate plea for children to join her in UK after Home Office refusal
5 months, 1 week ago

Ukrainian mother’s desperate plea for children to join her in UK after Home Office refusal

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Charities say that the Home Office’s “restrictive rules and poor decision-making” are “tearing families …

Palestinian hoping to help family reach UK calls for Ukraine-style visa scheme
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Palestinian hoping to help family reach UK calls for Ukraine-style visa scheme

The Independent  

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U-turn sees Ukrainian toddler reunited with refugee parents in UK
8 months, 1 week ago

U-turn sees Ukrainian toddler reunited with refugee parents in UK

The Independent  

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We rescue Ukrainian children from Russia and see the trauma they suffer
9 months, 1 week ago

We rescue Ukrainian children from Russia and see the trauma they suffer

The Independent  

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UK vows action over hundreds of Ukrainians with disabilities vanished into Russia
9 months, 3 weeks ago

UK vows action over hundreds of Ukrainians with disabilities vanished into Russia

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Independent’s four-article series revealed evidence that since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in …

Government urged to reopen family reunion route for Ukrainian refugees as children kept from parents
10 months, 1 week ago

Government urged to reopen family reunion route for Ukrainian refugees as children kept from parents

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When the decision to close the Ukraine Family Scheme was implemented days before the …

Ukraine refugee couple unable to bring baby to UK after Sunak’s sudden rule change
10 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine refugee couple unable to bring baby to UK after Sunak’s sudden rule change

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Ukraine scheme rules have never prevented this, nor do the changes prevent this.” …

UN committee urges Russia to end ‘forcible transfer’ of Ukrainian children
1 year, 1 month ago

UN committee urges Russia to end ‘forcible transfer’ of Ukrainian children

Al Jazeera  

Kyiv claims 20,000 children have been taken from Ukraine to Russia without families’ or guardians’ consent. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has urged Russia to end the forcible transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine and return them to their families. They expressed concern at the impact that Russia’s war in Ukraine is having …

Ukraine’s human rights envoy calls for a faster way to bring back children deported by Russia
1 year, 3 months ago

Ukraine’s human rights envoy calls for a faster way to bring back children deported by Russia

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman voiced hope Friday that a coalition of countries formed to facilitate the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported by Russia will be able to come up with a faster mechanism to repatriate them. Judges at the ICC said they found “reasonable grounds to believe” the two were responsible for war crimes, including the …

Russian lawmaker disputes reports that he adopted a child taken from Ukraine
1 year, 4 months ago

Russian lawmaker disputes reports that he adopted a child taken from Ukraine

LA Times  

Russian political party leader Sergey Mironov, 70, right, shown meeting with President Vladimir Putin in February, denied media reports that he adopted a 2-year-old girl who had been taken from a Ukrainian children’s home and changed her name. A Russian lawmaker and staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin has denied media allegations that he adopted a missing 2-year-old girl who …

Ukraine calls for return of ‘abducted’ children as more arrive in Belarus
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine calls for return of ‘abducted’ children as more arrive in Belarus

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine says more than 19,000 children have been taken illegally by Russia since it began its full-scale invasion. Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska has called on world leaders to help ensure the return of thousands of Ukrainian children forcibly taken by Russia as Belarusian state media published photos of dozens of Ukrainian children arriving in Belarus from Russian-occupied parts of …

WATCH: Ukrainian children reunite with families after 'long and difficult' journey from Russian 'summer camps'
1 year, 11 months ago

WATCH: Ukrainian children reunite with families after 'long and difficult' journey from Russian 'summer camps'

Firstpost  

Testimonies from the rescued children highlight the hardships faced by them as they were held in Russia against their will. Russian officials took the children to what they called ‘summer camps’ from occupied parts of Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Kherson regions After the International Criminal Court slapped Russian President Vladimir Putin with an arrest warrant for committing war crimes in Ukraine …

‘I cried when I saw my mom’: Ukrainian children on return to Kyiv after time in Russian hands
1 year, 11 months ago

‘I cried when I saw my mom’: Ukrainian children on return to Kyiv after time in Russian hands

CNN  

Kyiv CNN — A group of 31 Ukrainian children have been reunited with their families months after they were taken from their homes and moved to Russian-occupied territories. When you see tears of joy on the faces of young Ukrainians, you realize that it is not all in vain,” Save Ukraine founder Mykola Kuleba said in a press conference earlier …

Ukraine children returned from Russia after alleged deportation
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine children returned from Russia after alleged deportation

Al Jazeera  

Dozens of children reunited with families in Ukraine after being deported to Russia from occupied areas, charity says. A grandmother who had been due to reunite with two of her grandchildren died suddenly on the trip from “stress” and the children had to remain in Russia, Kuleba, Ukraine’s former commissioner for children’s rights, told a media briefing in Kyiv. Kuleba …

Ukraine urges Russians not to adopt nation’s war-hit ‘stolen’ children
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine urges Russians not to adopt nation’s war-hit ‘stolen’ children

Firstpost  

Ukraine’s Ministry of Integration of Occupied Territories, has said over 19,514 Ukrainian children are currently considered illegally deported. Russia, meanwhile has not concealed a programme under which it has taken thousands of Ukrainian children, but presents it as a humanitarian campaign Kyiv: Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has urged the Russian people not to adopt children who she claimed …

After fleeing war, homelessness threatens UK’s Ukrainian refugees
2 years ago

After fleeing war, homelessness threatens UK’s Ukrainian refugees

Al Jazeera  

After being London, United Kingdom – When the Russian war on Ukraine began last February, like many others, 18-year-old Anna Merchuk and her mother had no choice but to leave their home. Like other European countries which introduced measures to welcome Ukrainian refugees, the British government rolled out three visa-based programmes: Homes for Ukraine, Family Scheme, and Extension Scheme. “All …

Ukrainians struggling to reunite with family complain of being deprived of refugee rights in UK
2 years ago

Ukrainians struggling to reunite with family complain of being deprived of refugee rights in UK

Firstpost  

Due to the government’s failure to notify Ukrainians of what will happen when their three-year visas expire, those who intend to live in the UK are growing increasingly worried about their future London: Ukrainians who fled their homeland amid war with Russia, are finding it difficult to bring family members to live with them in the UK. “They are dependent …

Ukrainian fears becoming ‘refugee in her own country’ if she returns
2 years, 1 month ago

Ukrainian fears becoming ‘refugee in her own country’ if she returns

The Independent  

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Ukrainians hid orphaned children from Russian deportation
2 years, 3 months ago

Ukrainians hid orphaned children from Russian deportation

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, health staff at a children’s hospital in the south started secretly planning how to save the babies. Russian children’s rights ombudswoman Maria Lvova-Belova personally oversaw moving hundreds of orphans from Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine for adoption by Russian families. Local and national security and law enforcement are looking for the …

Ukrainians hid orphaned children from Russian deportation
2 years, 3 months ago

Ukrainians hid orphaned children from Russian deportation

The Independent  

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‘Save the children at any cost’: How Ukrainians kept orphans from being sent to Russia
2 years, 3 months ago

‘Save the children at any cost’: How Ukrainians kept orphans from being sent to Russia

LA Times  

Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, staff members at a children’s hospital in the south started secretly planning how to save the babies. At least 1,000 children were seized from schools and orphanages in the Kherson region during Russia’s eight-month occupation of the area, before Ukraine recaptured it in November, local authorities say. Ukrainian local and national security and …

Ukraine parents ‘want their children back’ from Russia
2 years, 5 months ago

Ukraine parents ‘want their children back’ from Russia

Al Jazeera  

Kyiv has accused Moscow of forcibly deporting 1.6 million Ukrainians with efforts under way to return 32 illegally adopted kids who were found. Ukraine is working to bring back 32 illegally adopted children from Russia it said were forcibly removed from their parents and who “want them back”. “We know the identities of the kidnapped children and will demand that …

UN says ‘credible’ reports Ukraine children transferred to Russia
2 years, 6 months ago

UN says ‘credible’ reports Ukraine children transferred to Russia

Al Jazeera  

US ambassador tells UN Security Council more than 1,800 Ukrainian children transferred to Russia in July alone. Ilze Brands Kehris, assistant UN secretary-general for human rights, told a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday that Russian forces are also running “filtration” operations in which Ukrainians in occupied territories face systematic security checks that have involved “numerous” human rights …

‘These are tough times but we won’t ask our Ukrainian guests to leave – they’re family now’
2 years, 7 months ago

‘These are tough times but we won’t ask our Ukrainian guests to leave – they’re family now’

The Telegraph  

At this six-month anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – with all its heart-breaking consequences – our own scheme of national generosity and solidarity is a small beacon of hope. Earlier this month, a survey by the Office for National Statistics revealed that 9 per cent of “sponsors” said the soaring inflation and energy prices was impacting “very much” on …

Hosts of Ukrainians in UK to receive government praise for generosity
2 years, 7 months ago

Hosts of Ukrainians in UK to receive government praise for generosity

The Independent  

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Unaccompanied children can come to UK under Homes for Ukraine visa scheme – Gove
2 years, 9 months ago

Unaccompanied children can come to UK under Homes for Ukraine visa scheme – Gove

The Independent  

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Sick Ukrainian woman unable to join son in UK despite having a visa
2 years, 9 months ago

Sick Ukrainian woman unable to join son in UK despite having a visa

The Independent  

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Unaccompanied Ukrainian children could be allowed into UK, according to report
2 years, 9 months ago

Unaccompanied Ukrainian children could be allowed into UK, according to report

The Independent  

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Government does not know what to do with fleeing Ukrainian minors, says lawyer
2 years, 10 months ago

Government does not know what to do with fleeing Ukrainian minors, says lawyer

The Independent  

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Delays processing Ukraine children’s visas leave hosts ‘at wits’ end’
2 years, 11 months ago

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

The Independent  

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‘Unwelcoming’ visa scheme adding to refugees’ trauma, says peer offering home
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Unwelcoming’ visa scheme adding to refugees’ trauma, says peer offering home

The Independent  

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Safeguarding concerns as lone Ukrainian children being ‘matched’ with strangers under hosting scheme
2 years, 11 months ago

Safeguarding concerns as lone Ukrainian children being ‘matched’ with strangers under hosting scheme

The Independent  

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‘Concerning increase’ in Ukrainian refugees becoming homeless after UK arrival
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Concerning increase’ in Ukrainian refugees becoming homeless after UK arrival

The Independent  

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Writer calls for Ukraine visa to be dropped after spending 11 hours on forms
2 years, 11 months ago

Writer calls for Ukraine visa to be dropped after spending 11 hours on forms

The Independent  

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Fears Homes for Ukraine scheme flaws will lead to ‘homelessness crisis’
2 years, 11 months ago

Fears Homes for Ukraine scheme flaws will lead to ‘homelessness crisis’

The Independent  

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Moment 54 Ukrainian orphans arrive in UK from war torn homeland clutching teddy bears
2 years, 11 months ago

Moment 54 Ukrainian orphans arrive in UK from war torn homeland clutching teddy bears

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Ukraine orphans en route to Scotland after arriving in UK
3 years ago

Ukraine orphans en route to Scotland after arriving in UK

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British couple forced to leave Ukrainian family in Calais due to refugee scheme vetting delays
3 years ago

British couple forced to leave Ukrainian family in Calais due to refugee scheme vetting delays

Daily Mail  

But on reaching Calais, the family were refused passage due to delays in vetting While there, they planned to take a Ukrainian family back to a sponsor in London They drove to Poland to deliver humanitarian aid to desperate refugee families A British couple forced to leave three Ukrainian refugees in Calis have blasted the Government's Homes for Ukraine scheme …

Ukraine: Refugee safeguarding failures ‘will make problems for the future’
3 years ago

Ukraine: Refugee safeguarding failures ‘will make problems for the future’

The Independent  

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Adults hosting Ukrainian refugee families with children must undergo ‘enhanced’ checks
3 years ago

Adults hosting Ukrainian refugee families with children must undergo ‘enhanced’ checks

The Telegraph  

Ministers say they have also streamlined the visa application process to complete it within days. Charities cited cases in which single householders have offered to take in Syrian or Afghan refugees only to be told they will lose their single person's council tax rebate, worth hundreds of pounds. It was the first time she had taken in a refugee and …

UK couple who rescued Ukrainian relatives stuck in France after being turned away at border
3 years ago

UK couple who rescued Ukrainian relatives stuck in France after being turned away at border

The Independent  

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Thousands of Ukrainians in UK treated as ‘second-class citizens’ as they are blocked from bringing family
3 years ago

Thousands of Ukrainians in UK treated as ‘second-class citizens’ as they are blocked from bringing family

The Independent  

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These are the hoops Ukraine refugees must jump through to come to Britain
3 years ago

These are the hoops Ukraine refugees must jump through to come to Britain

The Independent  

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Mother and daughter turned away from UK border after fleeing Ukraine
3 years ago

Mother and daughter turned away from UK border after fleeing Ukraine

The Independent  

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British man with family in Ukraine says UK refugee response is ‘utterly ridiculous’
3 years ago

British man with family in Ukraine says UK refugee response is ‘utterly ridiculous’

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Family visa scheme for Ukrainian refugees extended to include cousins and in-laws
3 years ago

Family visa scheme for Ukrainian refugees extended to include cousins and in-laws

The Independent  

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Helpline for Ukraine refugees manned by advisers who ‘know nothing’ about new scheme
3 years ago

Helpline for Ukraine refugees manned by advisers who ‘know nothing’ about new scheme

The Independent  

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