How Ukrainian refugees are handling cultural integration in ethnically diverse areas of the UK

Just over a hundred thousand Ukrainians have sought refuge in the UK – the vast majority of them women and children.

But not all of them have found it easy to settle into a country where the ethnic diversity and cultural values are very different from what they’ve been used to back home.

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[lavinder]

So is anyone going to say 'If you don't like it, go back to where you came from' or is that only reserved for certain types of refugees?

[Mimrie]

Calling it "cultural differences" is a very polite way of calling some of those Ukrainians incredibly racist

[rossellinirossicalrossc]

I’m not surprised, look how the African students trying to flee Ukraine were treated!!

[TaxiChronicles]

It makes me wonder how bad things are in Ukraine if that's their issue.

[sahnimus]

Here in Germany a 4 star hotel offered free rooms last summer for Ukrainians. They had a separate line only for Ukrainians at the breakfast buffet. I didnt know and as I tried to grab bread a woman told me very arrogantly „excuse me this is only for Ukrainian people“ while smiling and nodding. As if its a law of nature. Truly ungrateful impressions all over

[Kelly-miyz]

If you are a refugee then just be happy someone wants to help you!!!!

[mdz]

The “Diversity Trainer” is a bit farcical. The issue isn’t that Ukrainian refugees aren’t aware of blacks and other non-white ethnicities existing in the UK, the issue is that their prejudices against such groups means that they don’t want to live anywhere near them.

If you come to Britain and you don’t like the way the society is structured, you’re always at liberty to leave and find somewhere else more to your liking. 👍

[Jayaged]

This is just very nice way of saying that they have racist views.

[durrrr]

A country getting blown to bits or Birmingham? Incredibly tough choice tbh

[كنتتعلم]

I think it's a very good opportunity for the Ukrainians to learn how to be normal people and to live among human beings

[samreenahmad]

More afraid of living with other cultures than living in heavily bombed country of their own.🙄

[dechannigan]

Poor Ukrainians thought England was like the Christmas card pictures of old. .

[curiouspenguin]

The power of prejudice never ceases to amaze me. Crazy that someone would feel safer with artillery bombardment than being around different ethnic groups. If the neighborhood was a problem for her, she won't have much luck working for most corporations either since most have diversity and inclusion policies.

[hmmmmm]

A free home, free schools, free NHS, free university and priority to jobs….what more do Ukrainians want? Talk about ungrateful. Wonder if Ukraine would do the same for us if we were in their ‘situation’….

[betemulugeta]

£10, 000 per person for each Ukrainian person integration program on top of other expenditure not to mention over £4 billions to Ukraine gov aid; but we don't have any money for Nurses and ambulance service. That is charity to highest level. God save the King 🙏

[omarciyo]

She thought she was going to an english city not islamabad 😂

[theLurkrer]

The Ukrainian lady is correct, the demographics in Birmingham, Manchester, London have changed dramatically. She came to the UK and expected something else, not a vast majority of Asian people and Muslims, with neighbourhoods almost entirely Asian...

[seiwarriors]

As a Latvian-Russian that lives in York. I knew that there will be racial stuff, when the Ukrainians first come here.

[MozzieMutant]

I would never in my life audition my humanity for them like that woman was doing. Life is too short for that. 😂

[kromkindkaroo]

Can we admire the patience of the integration official though? Not only that but she is also compassionate. She knows many of the Ukrainian refugees are prejudicial to her due to her race and ethnicity but still sympathises with them and wants to help them integrate into British society.