More than 100 refugees due to stay with sponsors in Wrexham and Flintshire have arrived in the UK, according to new figures.

Ukrainians fleeing the conflict with Russia can apply for a visa to stay in the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.

The Family Scheme allows Ukrainian nationals to stay with relatives already living in the UK, and the Sponsorship Scheme, also known as 'Homes for Ukraine' allows individuals to host refugees for a minimum of six months.

But the schemes have been beset with delays and problems with processing visas.

The latest Home Office data shows 51 refugees due to stay in Flintshire under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme had arrived in the UK by June 13 – up from 40 on May 16.

There has also been an increase in the number of visas issued, with 83 successful applications as of June 14, a rise on the 77 four weeks prior.

A total of 85 refugees due to stay in Wrexham had arrived in the UK by June 13 – up from 49 on May 16.

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The number of visas issued has also increased, with 107 successful applications as of June 14, a rise on the 96 four weeks prior.

These numbers only cover a relatively small proportion of the number of refugees who have arrived in Wales, as visas issued through the Welsh Government's "super sponsor" scheme do not show up in local authority figures.

As of June 14, the Government had directly issued 2,965 visas, more than the 2,621 issued for people to stay with individual sponsors.

There have also been more than 40,000 visas issued through the Ukraine family scheme across the UK.

The new figures come amid reports that some refugees have been made homeless due to their accommodation arrangements breaking down, or not being suitable when they arrive.

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Shadow levelling up and housing secretary Lisa Nandy described the situation as “shameful”.

“The British people showed amazing generosity in stepping up in their thousands to provide the care and sanctuary that these people – many of them families with young children – needed and deserved in such awful circumstances.

“But the Government has failed miserably to play its part.

“Ministers were warned about the risk of refugees becoming homeless on the day they launched the sponsorship scheme, but they were more interested in grandstanding in television studios than doing their jobs to protect vulnerable people.”

A spokesperson for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said “the overwhelming majority” of people are settling in well and that only a minority of cases have seen family or sponsor relationships break down.