{"id":1376943,"date":"2022-03-15T00:36:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T04:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1376943"},"modified":"2022-03-15T00:36:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T04:36:07","slug":"no-cap-on-number-of-ukrainian-refugees-confirms-uk-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-cap-on-number-of-ukrainian-refugees-confirms-uk-government\/","title":{"rendered":"No Cap on Number of Ukrainian Refugees, Confirms UK Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-cap-on-number-of-ukrainian-refugees-confirms-uk-government%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1376943&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The British government has confirmed that there will be no limit on the number of Ukrainian refugees who can live with host families under a new visa scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The government, which had previously opened up a pathway for up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/02\/up-to-200000-refugees-to-be-allowed-settle-in-uk-under-revised-visa-rules\/\">200,000 Ukrainians<\/a> to come to the UK under family sponsorship visa regulations, announced on Monday that there will be no cap on the number of refugees who can live with a sponsor in the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Confirming that there will be \u201cno cap\u201d, Health Secretary Sajid Javid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-60731485\">told<\/a> the BBC Breakfast programme: \u201cI\u2019m pleased that we\u2019re doing this because as a country we have a very proud record of offering sanctuary to people from wars and from conflicts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Health Secretary said that upon arrival refugees will be able to stay in the country for \u201cat least three years\u201d and will have access to government funding, such as the National Health Service and other public welfare programmes. Their children will also be eligible to attend publicly funded schools.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new refugee scheme, British citizens and possibly charities will be to nominate individuals or families to stay in their homes or another property for at least six months rent-free. Those who opt to house refugees will be provided with a monthly \u201cthank you\u201d stipend of \u00a3350 from the government. The taxpayer will also be on the hook for spending out \u00a310,500 in extra funding to local authorities per refugee.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Commenting to Breitbart London, the chairman of Migration Watch UK, Alp Mehmet said in response to the scheme: \u201cWhat has been announced thus far does not inspire confidence. I would like to know more before I feel confident that it will work\u2026 It came over as half-baked and likely to create more problems than it solves.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Britain is to revise its visa rules for Ukrainian citizens, allowing up to 200,000 to settle in the country so long as they already have family within the UK. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JyWenpJqyh\">https:\/\/t.co\/JyWenpJqyh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1499146225492402181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The decision to allow limitless waves of refugees from Ukraine to Britain comes amid weeks of criticism and pressure from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/mar\/09\/the-guardian-view-on-the-uks-shameful-treatment-of-ukrainians-not-an-accident\">mainstream<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/2d3fca5f-7dd1-4cc7-a899-25d119158eff\">media<\/a> and politicians, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-60682454\">including<\/a> from the Conservative Party, on the government to take in more refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey even called for Home Secretary Priti Patel to be fired from her government post for allegedly failing to help refugees, saying: \u201cThe incompetence, indifference and sheer inhumanity we have seen from the home secretary does not befit our United Kingdom, with its proud history of providing sanctuary to those in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski, who is the only serving member of the House of Commons to have been born in Eastern Europe, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/politics\/ukraine-refugees-tory-mp-daniel-kawczynski-b2032409.html\">said<\/a> that the demands from \u201cBritish left-wing parties demand Britain takes in more Ukrainian refugees,\u201d is \u201cilliterate and immoral\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen war is over Ukrainians will need to return home to rebuild their country,\u201d the Polish-born MP wrote in a now-deleted post on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should be supporting Ukrainian refugees in frontline states like Poland and Romania,\u201d Kawczynski added.<\/p>\n<p>Migration Watch UK has welcomed the government\u2019s efforts to help those fleeing from the war in Ukraine but stressed that it is \u201cright to be cautious\u201d, given the enormous strain on the UK\u2019s asylum system, which has been overwhelmed by record waves of illegal migrants crossing the English Channel from France.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the mass migration sceptical think tank said that the government should \u201cinstitute a generous yet numerically and time-limited refugee resettlement scheme similar to those previously put in place for Afghanistan and Syria\u201d for those \u201cgenuine refugees\u201d fleeing from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Migration Watch UK chairman Alp Mehmet said: \u201cIt\u2019s good that the government seems finally to be getting its act together with helping those fleeing Putin\u2019s barbaric onslaught. If there was ever a time when our system of refugee protection needed to be working properly, this is it. The fact that asylum abuse is rife, taking up resources that could be used for those in genuine need, is utterly outrageous.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Anti-Illegal Immigration Poland Takes In over 100,000 Ukrainians as Genuine Refugees<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9g3nImZJot\">https:\/\/t.co\/9g3nImZJot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1497572163800477699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British government has confirmed that there will be no limit on the number of Ukrainian refugees who can live with host families under a new visa scheme. 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