More than 3,000 visas have been issued to Ukrainians seeking refuge in the UK, with “tens of thousands” potentially set to benefit from a new humanitarian scheme, UK Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has said. Gove also announced that local authority areas will be entitled to more than £10,000 ($13,038) per Ukrainian refugee. “Additional payments” will be available to support school-age children who need to be accommodated within the education system, he said. Gove said he expects the first refugees making use of the government’s new sponsorship route to come to the UK “in a week’s time”. Speaking to Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday, he said: “People can register their interest on Monday. “Matching will be taking place from Friday. I would expect that in a week’s time we’ll see the first people coming here under the scheme.” Asked for his estimate of the number of people it could bring …