Question reference: S6W-14852
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 9 February 2023
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Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 February 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many Ukrainian refugees, who arrived in Scotland after 24 February 2022, have returned to Ukraine.
Answer
The Scottish Government do not hold this information.
Under the current constitutional arrangements in the United Kingdom immigration is fully reserved to the UK Government and is dealt with by the Home Office.
If a displaced person from Ukraine has been issued a visa, they are free to travel anywhere within the UK or to leave and re-enter the UK when they wish, as long as they are meeting the conditions within their visa. The UK Governments Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities publish data on arrivals in the UK, with a Scottish Sponsor Visa: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-visa-data-by-country-upper-and-lower-tier-local-authority
In addition, the Scottish Government publish the latest Scotland-level data and information on people displaced by the war in Ukraine coming to Scotland through the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme. This data can be found on our website via:
https://www.gov.scot/publications/ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-in-scotland-statistics-january-2023/