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Funded by The Freedom Fund, a new coalition of anti-slavery and human rights groups has launched a website for Ukrainian refugees, aimed at keeping them safe from trafficking and helping them adjust to their new home.
The website, called Ukrainians Welcome, is available in the Ukrainian, English and Russian languages.
Andrew Wallis, CEO of one of the groups being the new site, anti-slavery charity Unseen, said: “There are millions of Ukrainian people on the move, many of them with no support network, who are vulnerable to all sorts of exploitation.
“The more information we can give them on how to stay safe in the UK and where to go for support for an entire range of issues, the better. It will stop exploitation.”
One of the main areas the group is looking at is getting mobile networks to offer their support.
Mr Wallis said: “We are urging the main UK mobile network providers to work with us on promoting the website to Ukrainian refugees as they arrive in the UK.
“A straightforward way to do this is for the website to be part of the standard welcome text that any traveller receives when arriving in this country. Already any foreigner registered phone arriving in the UK will get a welcome text from their UK provider detailing charges. What can be so difficult about changing that text for anyone arriving with a phone that is on a Ukrainian network?”
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