Many of those displaced by the conflict have since made their way to the UK where generous households opened their doors to offer shelter – but with no end in sight for the war there are now questions to answer over long-term support for refugees as they try to build new futures for themselves.
According to the latest figures from the Government’s Homes for Ukraine visa scheme, a total of 122,430 visa applications have resulted in 84,366 people arriving in England.
Out of 309 lower tier local Government areas, the place taking in the largest number of refugees so far is Buckinghamshire, with 1,527 arrivals, followed by Wiltshire on 1,278 – equivalent to 0.28% and 0.25% of those counties’ respective estimated populations for 2021. Altogether, Derbyshire has seen 1,850 arrivals via the visa scheme – 0.23% of its 2021 population – but here is how the picture looks by district.