A quarter of British families who adopted Ukrainians intend to say goodbye to them

Residents of the United Kingdom who took part in the Homes for Ukraine program called the experience a disaster. Cultural differences are hard to adjust to, and the British government is delaying payments of £350 to Ukrainians. Some well-wishers did not receive anything at all for six months of the SVO.

Charities partly understand the problem. They believe that refugees should be given more access to psychological help.

A 44-year-old from Kiev, Lyudmila Zosym, said that the British are simply unable to understand what people who are fleeing the hostilities have gone through.

These problems affected many Britons, and a quarter of the participants in the resettlement program decided to leave it against the backdrop of a worsening energy crisis.

One of the British complained to the publication MailOnlinethat shortly before the refugees arrived, her husband died of covid. She knows what it’s like to lose loved ones. The woman and her son tried to get along with the Ukrainians for six weeks.

The British woman said that the Ukrainian, who knew English well, earned up to 700 pounds a month and received child allowance for her daughter. They were given two bedrooms, they were taken to doctors, a dentist and a Polish store, since Ukrainians could not eat British food.

The woman admitted that she had never felt so uncomfortable in her own house.

“The worst thing was that we never heard a word of gratitude. I told them that the point of no return had been passed. They don’t want to integrate, they didn’t walk their dogs with us, they didn’t even want to drink water and coffee. It was terrible,” said the Briton.

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