More than 6,000 people in NI sign up to Homes for Ukraine scheme

Refugees are continuing to flee Ukraine (Sergei Grits/AP)

More than 6,000 people in Northern Ireland have registered their interest in taking in Ukrainian refugees.

On Thursday, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland confirmed that 6,262 people in Northern Ireland had signed up for the UK Government’s Homes for Ukraine programme, which allows individuals, charities, community groups and businesses to bring people escaping the war to safety – even if they have no ties to the UK.