Ukrainian welcome hubs providing hot meals and support for refugees set up in Scotland

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Three welcome hubs have been set up around Scotland for Ukrainian refugees arriving in the country.Neil Gray, Scottish Government Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development, said Scotland would be their home "for as they long as they need it to be".The hubs - in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Cairnryan - will provide hot meals, translation services and trauma support for those who have just arrived.However, Gray said the Scottish Government does not currently know how many refugees have arrived in Scotland under its "super-sponsor" scheme or by other means, as data-sharing arrangements with the UK Government had not started yet.Mr Gray, the minister with special responsibility for refugees arriving from Ukraine, spoke to Holyrood's Constitution Committee on Thursday.He said: "We have chosen to act as a super-sponsor to short circuit the matching process and enable significant numbers of displaced Ukrainians to come to Scotland without unnecessary delay."To prepare for that we have established welcome hubs to support displaced Ukrainians arriving into Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Cairnryan - where all those who need it will find safe and comfortable accommodation and a hot meal, and where local partnerships are already in place to make an assessment of need for additional services."He said the Government was working "flat out" to secure temporary and longer-term accommodation for those who need it.Mr Gray added: "As the First Minister said at the weekend, we will treat people with compassion, dignity and respect and Scotland will be their home for as they long as they need it to be."Conservative MSP, Donald Cameron, asked him about the number of refugees who had arrived in Scotland since the super-sponsor scheme opened