A Place In the Sun's Jasmine Harman 'frustrated' by long wait to take in Ukrainian refugee

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Jasmine Harman said she felt “frustrated” after being left in the dark following her family’s decision to take in Ukrainian refugees.The A Place In The Sun star admitted she was left feeling fed up after “wanting to do something useful but not being able to”.Jasmine, 46, took to Instagram today to explain the UK’s slow progress with welcoming Ukrainian refugees across the border was “frustrating”.Yesterday, Home Secretary Priti Patel, 50, was forced to apologise for the low number of Ukraine refugees arriving in the UK.New figures show that just 12,000 have reached Britain so far, despite over 100,000 people across the UK agreeing to offer up their homes to families fleeing Russia’s brutal invasion.Jasmine shared a personal story on Instagram about her own family’s refugee experience, asking her 104,000 followers for advice on how she could continue to help Ukraine.A post shared by Jasmine Harman (@jasmineharman)“For my 1500th post, I wanted to talk about something very much in the forefront of many of our minds,” she began.“We, like so many, have signed up to take in a Ukrainian refugee or family. “But without a named contact we have not heard anything,” she continued sadly.“It’s frustrating, wanting to do something useful but not being able to.”“If you know of organisations who are pairing people who want to help, with those in need of a place to stay, please post in the comments. “And if there are petitions to sign to get our authorities to do more / more quickly please share! “It means a lot to me personally as in the 50s, my grandmother came to the UK as a young widow seeking refuge and somewhere safe to bring up her four small children. “I’m proud of my family history and of how hard my grandmother worked to.