
Ukraine: Refugee safeguarding failures ‘will make problems for the future’
The IndependentSign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I feel that we’re making a problem for ourselves in the future by failing to safeguard at this point.” Ms Shore said the British people have “opened their hearts” to Ukrainians. “We just need to ensure the safety of the matching process and the authenticity of it.” Ms Shore’s page has facilitated the matching of more than 50 Ukrainian families with hosts in the UK, which she believes has acted as a metric for the Government to measure just how willing people were to opening their homes to refugees. “I showed the people of Ukraine that the people of the UK were shoulder to shoulder with them.” Ms Shore said the process of watching people, including translators and NHS workers, come forward and offer help was “absolutely heartwarming.” “I don’t think I’ve ever really experienced anything quite so overwhelming,” she said. “I put a call out, midwives came forward, DBS checked,, ‘This is my professional qualifications and I can give you a place of safety and support’.” Ms Shore said it has been particularly touching to see NHS workers, who are “probably quite exhausted”, come forward and offer space in their homes.
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