Our charity Settled wishes to bring to your attention our concerns regarding the position of Ukrainians seeking protection in the UK since the Home Office’s unannounced changes to the Ukraine Scheme introduced in February 2024. From our casework, we have seen that our Ukrainian beneficiaries, in particular parents and their children who are stranded in Ukraine, find themselves in a heightened state of vulnerability and disposed to exploitation as a consequence of the February changes. A worrying trend we are seeing since the rules were changed relates to parents seeking to reunite with their children left in Ukraine. Desperate parents are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to transport their minor children to the UK. We are asking for the government to reinstate the right of Ukrainians granted protection in the UK to sponsor a visa that would allow them to bring their dependent family members, and in particular their children, to the UK.

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