SNP ministers have been accused of “betraying” Ukrainian refugees after it was revealed more than 7500 are still stuck in temporary accommodation in Scotland.
The majority of Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Scotland through Edinburgh Airport.
The Scottish Government won approval of the UK Government to set up a super sponsor scheme, where refugees arrive in Scotland before being allocated a placement in order to speed up the process. Tetiana Repa's family moved to Cupar in Fife after fleeing the war in Ukraine last year. However, after their accommodation arrangement ended, Fife Council offered the family temporary accommodation, 132 miles away, in a hotel in Dumfries. This is despite Repa and her family having already settled in Cupar for work and school.
He added: “The SNP had to pause their much-trumpeted super sponsor scheme after it turned out that, typically, they had over-estimated their ability to cope with the number of refugees.
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