Thanasis Gavos, London
The United Kingdom on Sunday welcomed 21 children with cancer from Ukraine and their family members who were forced to be displaced by the Russian invasion.
According to the British Minister of Health Sajid Javid, the children traveled from Poland where they had found initial shelter and will now begin treatment in the national health system NHS.
In the meantime, today the platform for submitting housing offers to Ukrainian refugees by British individuals is opening under the “Houses for Ukraine” program.
Interested UK residents are invited by the government to offer a room in their home to refugees for at least six months. These individuals will receive the amount of λι 350 per month for this move.
The process of selecting refugees for each housing offer will begin on Friday, announced the head of the program, Minister for Upgrading Michael Gove.
The British government’s decision to allow an unlimited number of unaccompanied Ukrainian refugees into the UK if they have a “sponsor”, ie an individual, a charity or a company, follows the criticism initially leveled at the strict admission criteria. refugees of the Russian invasion.
The number of entry permits for Ukrainians who already have relatives on British soil currently stands at just over 3,000.
The decentralized governments of Scotland and Wales have expressed their intention to act as “super donors”, welcoming large numbers of Ukrainian refugees.
In addition, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that he was meeting the request of President Zelensky and Ukrainian Ambassador Vadim Pristaiko by sending 500 power generators to Ukraine, capable of delivering energy to 20,000 buildings.
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