Media: UK not to grant asylum to non-Ukrainian refugees

The UK authorities refuse to accept non-Ukrainian refugees, Report informs, citing The Independent.

According to the newspaper, there were nearly half a million non-Ukrainians with temporary or permanent residence when the Russian invasion started, including more than 76,000 foreign students, mostly from Africa and Southeast Asia.

Data from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) shows that 325,000 third-country nationals have fled from Ukraine to neighboring countries since the start of the war.

The UK government announced two designated schemes for Ukrainian refugees when the war hit: one allowing refugees to join family members in Britain and the other permitting them to join UK citizens willing to host them. However, they required that the applicant either had a Ukrainian passport or was traveling with or joining a Ukrainian national.