UK visas to Ukrainians now exceed ¼m - France has taken in just 65,000

Brexit Britain shows its generosity compared to Macron’s France

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Facts4EU.Org looks at the mass displacement of millions of Ukrainians

The latest figures on displaced persons due to Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine show that the UK is taking its fair share, considering the geography involved. The distance from Kyiv to London is nearly 2,500km.

Overall, more than 4.5m people have semi-permanently fled Ukraine since the start of the latest invasion by Putin’s Russia. In reality more than that number evacuated but many tens of thousands returned to fight.

It is natural that countries bordering or very close to Ukraine will have received far more refugees from the conflict.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary

Visas issued by UK to Ukrainians, compared to Ukrainians in France

UK : 254,300
France : 61,580

[Sources : UK Home Office | EU official statistics agency.]

The UK versus France

With the UK being so distant it is remarkable that we have now issued more than a quarter of a million (254,300) visas to Ukrainian nationals, according to Home Office figures released last week.

This compares to France which has only welcomed in 61,580, as at the end of February 2024.

France and the UK have comparable populations so it is fair to compare the numbers of Ukrainians in each country.

In the EU overall

Ukraine has four borders with EU countries : Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. Naturally the Ukrainian disapora had already extended into these countries even before Putin’s war, as well as significant presences in other major countries such as Germany.

This helps to explain the disproportionate level of the Ukrainian presence of ‘temporary protection’ residents currently in the EU, numbering 4.3 million in February.

Observations

Naturally it is important to recognise the different methods of counting in different countries. Nevertheless the numbers of Ukrainian refugees in the UK compared to France must be questioned.

With comparable populations it might be expected that each country’s numbers might be broadly equivalent, but no. The UK has taken in over four times as many as France.

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Reader Comments 4

1. Sparky , Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 08:39:

1815 continues! Easy to create an impression through single statistics without giving the whole picture. Boris did it with his bus.
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Minors are not recorded in French statistics and there could be a further 30,000 refugees in France not shown in the stats.
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Language and distance will play a significant part in which countries Ukraine refugees choose, Slavic languages are closer geographically to Ukraine and English is the dominant language around the world.

2. NH , Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 09:37:

1. Sparky, "Language and distance"
Is that why there are much more Ukrainian refugees in Spain and Italy than in France ?

3. Sparky , Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 10:29:

They might like Pizza or Paella.

4. ste , Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 18:11:

sparkless the actual amount we used to send to the vile EU dictatorship with it's fake parliament was around 550 million to 660 million per week, the upper figure is debatable, but the 350 million was a massive under estimate.

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