Ukrainian refugees hosts say they are facing “endless bureaucracy” and “terrible” support for the home office, and thousands have been stuck in Lengeh more than three years after the Russian invasion of the country.
For Juliet Grover, the daughter of a Jewish refugee who fled the Nazis decided to host a person. As soon as the war began in February 2022, he registered the Ukrainian “Homes” project and strongly believed that it was important to seek refuge in needy.
However, he immediately says he has been affected by the problems facing the host families, with little information to zero and the British government’s recommendations.
“The first person to come was a woman and two young children to apply for a visa,” she said. Independent“He was stuck in a refugee center in Poland; it took four months for the visas to be arranged,” he said.
“I went to the circles every day, went to the parliament and the government, but we were completely paved. We were able to arrange the visa for her and her daughter, but her son’s visa was not issued, which means they can’t travel for months.”
In despair, he even got on from Wales to Sheffield to talk to someone in the home office, but refused to enter the reception.
Ms. Grover, Lena, finally came to England with her son and daughter, then four and five years old. Ms. Grover spent hours enrolling in schools, general practitioners, local authorities and national insurance.
“Fortunately I am a housewife and I have time to go through these things, but I didn’t understand it. I never had to go to the council or make the work codes; if you ask for help, you have no chance to talk to a person.”
Among the many issues that Ukrainian refugees face is the lack of translation of existing services, which include information articles to help their status, often only offered in English.
After the attack of the Russian forces more than three and a half years ago, Lena took a quick backpack, captured two children and fled her city in Danipro.
Despite his previous employment in a bank, he is now a cleaner, while his wife, who joined him eight months later, works in a Leidel because he cannot work as an engineer in the UK.
“They are strong and good people,” Ms. Grover said. “I have been involved in helping 20 of them now, and there is no one who has not found jobs for a week.”
Last November, Lena’s elderly parents also traveled to England and are now living with Ms. Grover. Despite being a retired physician and teacher, they are not eligible to retire here and are now in search of mission work in Jobcentre.
“I am not allowed to sit with them, and they can’t speak an English word. They don’t know culture or language, they are out of water and completely disappear,” Ms. Grover said. “Only last week, they were informed that their home was destroyed by a Russian strike.”
They are now among the 300,000 Ukrainians living in temporary visas in the UK, though former Minister Utah Cooper announced this month that he could be extended in 24 months.
However, the visa renewal process was only a 28 -day window to complete the complex process and a painful eight -week waiting time that endangered their jobs and accommodation.
“We have been trying to do this for weeks, and when the visas were finally renewed, Lena and her daughter were lost, but her son was lost again,” said Ms. Grover.
Many Ukrainians are trying to find a place of residence in the private rented sector, while others are trying to find the British guarantor and negotiate with the landlord because of the language barrier.
Last year, a report from the British Red Cross showed that failure in Host settings often occur due to insufficient training and continuous support for the host as well as cost of living.
“The disappointing, the Lena family experience is quite honest with what we see among our customers, since the Ukrainian license format program is seeking to apply for their residence,” said Luk Piper at the Labor Law Center.
“Whenever the government changes the visa rules or shows a new plan, we try to find out what it means to them,” he said.
“This uncertainty is doing many Ukraine people in the UK and preventing them from being able to develop their jobs or eradication. Some families have been in the UK for nearly four years – this is a visa to six people. Without any signs of war in Ukraine, it is time for the ministers to settle their accounts in British.
“We thank all the hosts and sponsors who have had a valuable contribution to their Ukrainian plans,” a government spokesman said.
“Government guidance for Ukrainians who intend to apply for a renewal plan is available in Ukrainian and Russian.”
