Temporary UK visa worrying about Ukrainian refugees
BBCA charity is calling the government to reconsider the visa that offers Ukrainians to UK and includes a permanent passage for disposal.
Many Ukrainian citizens, who moved to the UK after Ukraine started their full -scale invasion in February 2022, will soon have to apply to expand their visas through the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme (UPE).
While it offered an 18 -month extension, it does not give any permanent option to live.
The Home Office stated that “the sanctuary offering is strong for the future return of its citizens to the Ukrainian government’s future return, and other routes are available to those wishing to settle permanently in the UK”.
Ukraine Appeal, which supports migrants in Buckinghamshire, said it was “very difficult” for those who have fled from war to deal with the uncertainty around their future.
Victoria Shtanko, who has been living in Milton Keins since 2008, established donations to help Ukrainian people coming to the area.
He believed that what Ukrainians wanted should be allowed to stay in the UK for a long time to help develop the economy.
“No one expected the war that the war would last for so long,” he said.
“Now that children are inhabited, and as adults are trying to contribute to society … are those who need Britain.”
Irina Marasin and Valeria Pavlaki were only two women out of two women who have been supported by Charity.
A 38 -year -old Ms. Marasin Milton works as a career in the house at Kanes. His hometown in Eastern Ukraine was occupied by Lisachansk, the Russian Army.
He told the BBC: “Everything is destroyed. Many buildings are burnt, it is absolutely heartbreaking.”
She said that she had no house to return and wanted certainty for her two sons for the age of 12 and 16, who settled in school here.
“I am worried about my future,” he said.
“We appreciate very much what we have and this is a chance to be safe, but my children – they ask me all the time, ‘Mama, what is our future?” And I have no answer to them. ,
Ukraine appeal26 -year -old Ms. Pavaluk works as a administrator. They believe that their employment opportunities are limited due to the temporary nature of the UK visa plan.
He said that some employers were reluctant to appoint Ukrainian because they “look at this temporary visa and see uncertainty with this person”.
Ukraine Appeal Milton Keins is in touch with the MP for Emily Darlington.
Darlington told the BBC that when he recently talked to Foreign Secretary David Lammy, he assured him that the visa plans would remain in place till the end of the war.
He admitted that some Ukrainians who have built businesses want to live beyond the conclusion of the war and said that she would “welcome it”.
However, she said that she could not offer any guarantee that a permanent route would be offered for disposal.
“I know some people would like to live – now that happened during the Bosnian war and the UK government successfully ensured that they could,” Darlington said.
“So those who want to live for something, the discussion will take place after the war.”
The home office said that since the invasion of Russian President Vladimir Putin, more than 300,000 Ukrainians and their families were given sanctuaries in Britain.
They added UPE Visa “Allow those with permission … additional permission to stay in the UK to apply for 18 months”.
“Given the unexpected nature of this struggle, we continue to keep our Ukraine plans under review,” it continued.
Last month, Government changed visa rules To allow Ukrainian to bring their children to join Britain.
This came after the orthodox government banned eligibility in February 2024, which meant that Ukrainian could not sponsor people under homes for the Ukraine scheme, without permanent right to live in the UK, so People were allowed to host those who fled from war.
However, at the end of January 2025, the government announced a parents or legal guardian, who is in the UK under any visa plans for Ukrainian, application for the Ukraine Scheme to sponge its child under homes Can do.
