Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help people holding refugee status in Ukraine to access the (a) Ukraine Family Scheme and (b) Homes for Ukraine Scheme.

The Ukraine Family Scheme allows immediate and extended family members to join their relatives in the UK. The UK-based sponsoring relative must be a British citizen, a person who is present and settled in the UK, a person in the UK with refugee leave or with humanitarian protection, or an EEA or Swiss national in the UK with limited leave under Appendix EU.

The Homes for Ukraine Scheme is open to Ukrainian nationals who were residents in Ukraine prior to 1 January 2022. It is also open to their immediate family members and family members of such Ukrainian nationals, including a spouse, a civil partner, an unmarried partner, children under-18, parent if you are under-18, fiancé(e) or a proposed civil partner. These individuals may be of other nationalities.

Under either Scheme, individuals holding refugee status can apply and come to the UK providing they meet the wider overall eligibility requirements.