Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the policy of her Department to help introduce a humanitarian route for Ukrainian refugees to claim asylum in the UK.

The government’s humanitarian response has been developed in close consultation with the government of Ukraine. On 4 March, the Home Secretary launched the Ukraine Family scheme, the first of its kind to be operationalised anywhere in the world. Successful applicants will be granted the right to stay in the UK for three years, during which time they can work and access public services.

We are also helping Ukrainians who do not have family here through the new Homes for Ukraine scheme, launched by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 18 March. It will match Ukrainians with no family here with individuals, businesses, community organisations, or local authorities who are willing and able to act as their sponsor.

The government has no plans to introduce a separate scheme where applicants would be required to apply for asylum on arrival in the UK.