Afghan and Nigerian migrants enter UK on Ukraine visa scheme | UK | News | EUROtoday

Two visa schemes had been arrange for Ukrainians after Vladimir Putin launched his invasion in February 2022, beneath one possibility folks from Ukraine may come to the UK if they’d household in Britain, or they might come if they’d been provided lodging beneath the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship programme.

The Telegraph experiences the variety of visas taken up by non-Ukrainians is now nearly one in each 80 of the functions granted by the Home Office.

Data analysed by the newspaper discovered Argentines, Nigerians, Turks, Ghanians, Syrians, Vietnamese and Chileans had all accessed Britain utilizing the Ukraine schemes regardless of not being caught up within the battle.

Chris Philp, the shadow house secretary, informed the Telegraph: “The Government should not be allowing non-Ukrainians into the UK under the Ukrainian visa scheme. It is supposed to be for Ukrainians, not Afghans and Iraqis.

“This is additional proof that we have to depart the ECHR, which is what is going to occur if we’ve a Conservative authorities and I change into house secretary.”

A Home Office spokesman stated: “The Homes for Ukraine sponsorship scheme is primarily for Ukrainian nationals. Third country nationals can only be eligible if they apply as part of a family group which must include an immediate family member who is a Ukrainian national, and they must apply at the same time.

“The Ukraine schemes stay momentary, according to the Ukrainian authorities’s sturdy want for the long run return of its residents, and don’t result in settlement.”