Russian state media have misleadingly claimed that many British households now remorse internet hosting Ukrainian refugees.
False rumours have unfold that greater than 25% of UK hosts wish to evict their Ukrainian friends after six months.
Euronews has fact-checked the claims.
A July ballot by the UK’s Workplace for Nationwide Statistics (ONS) surveyed over 7,000 households who’ve joined the British authorities’s “Houses for Ukraine” scheme.
The programme — launched in March — permits Ukrainian households fleeing the Russian invasion to return to the UK if they’ve a delegated volunteer or sponsor who can present appropriate lodging.
By the tip of July, greater than 100,000 individuals from Ukraine have arrived within the UK, regardless of criticism from NGOs concerning the authorities’s scheme.
In keeping with the ONS survey, 25% of respondents answered that they meant to accommodate refugees for six months or fewer, whereas 37% mentioned they had been able to accommodate households for one yr or longer.
The polls don’t survey or point out what number of UK hosts could also be bored with residing with Ukrainian refugees or would wish to expel them.
The truth is, 30% of present or earlier sponsors mentioned that the rising price of residing had considerably affected their capability to offer assist by the scheme.
Of those that deliberate to offer lodging for between six months and one yr, 70% of respondents mentioned that continued month-to-month authorities funds would encourage them to host refugees for longer.
In the meantime, 38% mentioned extra assist for being a sponsor, usually, would encourage them to host for longer.
A spokesperson for ONS confirmed to Euronews that the Russian media wording was not what the survey confirmed.
The ONS did ask hosts what motivated them to use underneath the “Houses for Ukraine” scheme, and an enormous 94% mentioned they needed to assist individuals fleeing a battle zone.
Discrediting Ukrainian refugees in Europe has turn out to be a typical theme for misinformation in current weeks.
Euronews has beforehand fact-checked false claims that Ukrainian refugees set hearth to a home in Germany and dragged away after blocking a serious highway in Italy.
