Hancock, who resigned from the government last June after admitting to violating COVID rules, told the Sun on Sunday that he would house the family – and their four dogs – at his home in Suffolk as part of the Homes program. for Ukraine. The Conservative MP said he was helping a female voter whose mother, two sisters, niece, nephew and partner along with her niece’s grandmother are heading to the UK. Image: Victoria Prenti is the first minister to accept refugees under the Homes for Ukraine program He told the Sun on Sunday: “I entered into this by instinctively making an offer to a voter whose family was in desperate need.” Mr Hancock, who will be hosting the family for six months, said the visa process was a “challenge”. It comes after another conservative politician, Victoria Prenti, became the first government minister to receive a Ukrainian refugee. The 25-year-old, named Vika, who had previously met Mrs. Prenti’s daughter in Ukraine, escaped from the southern city of Hersonissos. Separately, another Tory MP, Alicia Cairns, told the Sunday Times that at least ten fellow Conservative politicians have supported Ukrainian refugees coming to the UK, but only two have managed to bring them here so far. Ms Kearrns, who has helped Ukrainians get along with British families, is looking forward to welcoming the wife of a Ukrainian lawmaker and her sister, who each have a child. Image: Alicia Kearns helped connect refugees with British families and accepts two mothers and daughters The MP told Sky News last week that the government “could have gone further, faster” to help Ukrainian refugees and is still concerned about the length of visa applications and that they are not Ukrainian. He told the Sunday Times that he had matched five other Tory MPs with members of the Ukrainian MP family, but none had arrived yet. Expressing her frustration with the delays, she said: “If the Conservative MPs cannot bring people here, what hope do others have at the moment?” Other lawmakers, including Transport Secretary Grand Saps and Labor MP Louise Hay, also said they would accept refugees. Crossbench’s Baroness Finlay’s peer, who offers space at her home in Cardiff to a mother and two children, said she had been waiting three weeks for their visa to be cleared through the Homes for Ukraine program. He described the visa regime as “unwelcome” and said it was adding to the plight of refugees. Home Secretary Pretty Patel apologized last week and expressed frustration over the time it took to get the visa system in place, but Home Secretary Keith Malthouse told Sky News it was now a “car”. The latest figures show that just 12,000 people have arrived in the UK under two programs to help those in the war-torn country, following nearly 80,000 applications.
