There is always a lot of talk about how the government needs to provide safe and legal routes for asylum seekers. The common retort is that there is no safe and legal way for asylum seekers to reach the UK. UNHRCThe first caveat to ‘there are no safe and legal routes for asylum seekers’ is that an individual can be declared a refugee before they are resettled in the UK. ‘Safe and legal’ routes for asylum seekersThe UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS) is run in tandem with the UNHCR. Ukraine schemes: These comprise three different schemes, Ukraine Family Scheme, Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) and the Ukraine Extension Scheme.