Ukraine crisis: Is the UK doing enough to help refugees?

Key Facts

• Some visa rules have been relaxed for Ukrainians with links to the UK and a new scheme is being set up to help other refugees.
• On 27 February, the Home Office announced "temporary visa concessions", allowing the immediate family members of British nationals who usually live in Ukraine to apply for a free family visa to come to the UK.
• Image caption, Ukrainian woman, Valentyna Klymova, with her daughter On 28 February, Home Secretary Priti Patel said the scheme would also apply to the immediate family members of Ukrainians already settled in the UK (there are an estimated 37,500).
• They say they have been turned away by Border Force officials for not having the right paperwork and told to apply for a visa in Paris.

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