Six months on The UK’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine,

Published 22 September 2022 3.2 THE UKRAINE EXTENSION SCHEME (UES) Opened on 3 May 2022, the Ukraine Extension Scheme was designed to ensure that individuals who previously had permission to stay in the UK at or around the time of the outbreak of the war, can continue their stay in the UK. [...] THE UKRAINE SPONSORSHIP SCHEME) Launched by the government on 18 March 2022, the Homes for Ukraine Scheme is perhaps the most unique of the three initiatives, in that it allows people who are living in the UK to “sponsor” Ukrainian nationals or family members to live in the UK with them. [...] The sponsorship arrangement is not intended to confer exclusive possession to the Ukrainian guest or create the relationship of landlord and tenant between the parties.”23 The HFU is also far and away the most popular route for Ukrainians to arrive in the UK. [...] Though many Ukrainians will choose to return, as some of them have done already, the option of settlement will also allow the UK to make the most of the significant financial, and social efforts invested in responding to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, and cultivating the value of an increasingly diverse society. [...] Without overstating the urgency of evictions, it is important to acknowledge the fact that, in the long term, supporting Ukrainian refugees who can work to enter the labour market, is the most sustainable way of enabling them to build independent livelihoods in the UK.