Claim: £55m has been spent on Nation of Sanctuary
This post has been updated following a review of the final income and expenditure for the Nation of Sanctuary budget for 2024-25 to reflect the final end-of-year figures. The budget expenditure for the full financial years from 2019-2025 has been updated from around £54.88m to a total of £63.87m, with £58.22m (91% of total) related to supporting Ukrainian arrivals to Wales, compared to the previously stated £45.5m (83%).
More information can be found here: Written Statement: Nation of Sanctuary expenditure update – 2019-2025 (6 November 2025) | GOV.WALES