Charities and community groups have reported termination of relations between Ukrainian refugees and their British sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine program. As a result, Ukrainian refugees have found themselves without a roof over their heads and livelihoods, writes the British Guardian newspaper.
The public notes that trustworthy sponsors under contract with charities and community groups are required to receive Ukrainian refugees at home for at least 6 months during the probationary period. But it later became clear that many of the volunteers ended their relationships much earlier than the end of the term in question. The reason is the different level of cultural communication and the problems with following the rules at home.
Irina Terletskaya, a member of the board of the Association of Ukrainians in Britain, says the number of homeless Ukrainian refugees with whom sponsors have severed ties is only growing.
“We often face such cases and we think that they are becoming more and more. At the same time, activists sometimes testify, the sponsors ask the refugees to leave their homes quite quickly, leaving them no choice but to turn to local authorities. authorities for homeless status, and those refugees who can afford it are trying to find a new home to rent at the last minute. Ukrainian refugees posing as homeless, “Terletskaya said.
By the way, the British do not need much to end relations with Ukrainian refugees.
The 43-year-old Ukrainian told the Guardian (her name was not released by the newspaper) that she had been left homeless and was “terrified that she did not know where to go and who to turn to” after she was asked to leave home after a little over a week.
The woman fled her apartment in Kyiv, Spain, but was unable to find work there. She then met on Facebook with a couple who arranged for her to arrive in the UK with all the necessary documents.
Everything was fine, everyone understood each other perfectly, the Ukrainian felt needed and liked. However, everything changed when the woman went on a date with a man she met on the Internet. The couple who sheltered her accused her of lying and asked her to leave their home.
As it became clear later, the disrespect for the personal interests of the couple who sheltered the woman turned out to be a factor.
It is no secret that people in the West are fascinated by vegetarianism and veganism. At the same time, most Ukrainian refugees are not able to understand the differences between these life positions, let alone give up the use of local produce while living with the British, who have to pay for them.
However, the British government does not consider the problem significant.
“More than 46,000 people have arrived in the UK under the two Homes for Ukraine and Ukraine Family Scheme programs, most of which have settled down well. The Homes for Ukraine scheme has strict protection measures and, according to data, few sponsorship programs fail. When this happens, local authorities can help refugees or find a more suitable sponsor. ”
Translation and editing: BLITZ
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