Cheshire East Council has confirmed 67 Ukrainians have moved to Crewe - since the Homes for Ukraine Scheme launched this March.

These figures were revealed at a public Macclesfield Town Council for Ukraine meeting on Market Place, Macclesfield, on Tuesday (June 28).

Currently, 16.5% of all Cheshire East Ukrainian refugees are in Crewe - the second largest figure in the borough.

Crewe has the second highest figure for Ukrainian refugees in the borough - behind Macclesfield (Alamy).

Those women, elderly and children have all arrived since March 18 - four days after the national Homes for Ukraine Scheme launched.

This was also when Cheshire East Council launched its provision of the temporary refugee rehousing service.

These figures were revealed by Community Specialist for Cheshire East Council, Mr Dan Coyne.

He has processed refugees for local towns from previous conflicts such as the Afghan and Syrian crises.

Dan Coyne at the Ukrainian refugee figures meeting. He has worked for Cheshire East Council helping refugees and their host families since 2015 (Alexander Greensmith).

Mr Coyne said: "In Cheshire East, we currently have 269 sponsors and accommodation offers, who will be paired to 797 guests into Cheshire East in the coming weeks."

"Of these, 486 of these are adults, 311 children, and of those kids 45 are aged one to three."

Since the Homes for Ukraine Sceheme was launched, Cheshire East has had a total of 405 Ukrainian arrivals into the borough.

Mr Coyne added: "We've made just short of 75 thank you payments to sponsors. 405 welcome payments have been issued."

The Crewe figure was revealed at a Macclesfield Town Hall public meeting for Ukrainians and Ukrainian causes. 42 people attended (Alexander Greensmith).

Despite being Cheshire East's biggest town, Crewe has seen less Ukrainian people arriving than Macclesfield.

Macclesfield has seen 83 refugees coming into the town - equating for 20.49% of all Cheshire East Ukrainian refugees.

In Nearby Nantwich and its rural areas, 48 Ukrainians have arrived to the area.

Congleton and Holmes Chapel have also seen 49 Ukrainians arrive so far.

Stats for the local area. The numbers are correct as of June 27 2022 (Alexander Greensmith).

Mr Coyne and his team also revealed how quickly children will get into education when they arrive here.

He added: "Our aim is to get children into school places 15 days from arrival.

"It is a lot quicker than average than that at the moment, but that is our target." 

"If the relationship between host family and guest is to break down, we want you to let us know as soon as possible.

The Homes for Ukraine scheme was launched on March 14 - in support of Ukrainians fleeing the war in their country (Getty).

"We have the responsibility to find immediate accommodation. And we will assess the risks when we look to rematch those individuals as well."

In May, Cheshire East Council revealed around four per cent of homes for Ukrainian refugees were rejected - either because the property or sponsor was unsuitable.

You can apply for the 'Homes for Ukraine' scheme HERE.

READ MORE: Exclusive sunset cinema taking place this weekend near Crewe.

Free from clickbait, pop-up ads and unwanted surveys, Crewe Nub News is a quality online newspaper for our town.

Please consider following Crewe Nub News on Facebook or Twitter.