The charity warns this accommodation, which includes passenger liners, is not appropriate for people who have been displaced from their homes.

This is highlighted in the report: Fearing, fleeing, facing the future: how people displaced by the conflict in Ukraine are finding safety in the UK, which reflects on the successes and challenges of the UK’s response to people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, including by the Scottish Government.

The Super Sponsorship Scheme – allowing Ukrainians to select the Scottish Government as their sponsor, receive a visa and travel immediately to Scotland – resulted in unexpectedly high numbers of applications.

There’s much to be celebrated in the way the Scottish Government helped people arrive safely. However, the British Red Cross warns the scheme hasn’t had the infrastructure needed to meet demand and calls on the Scottish Government to rectify this for future schemes.

As of 7 February 2023, 23,282 arrivals had reached Scotland out of a total of 37,964 visas issued.

In July 2022, the Scottish government temporarily paused the scheme and later asked many of those yet to arrive on the Super Sponsorship Scheme to consider alternative options, due to a lack of accommodation.

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