LONDON, April 14 (RT) - The UN’s agency for refugees has called on the UK authorities to fix the matching process in its Homes for Ukraine program after reports claiming that some British men tried using the scheme to sexually exploit lone female Ukrainian refugees.

“A more appropriate matching process could be put in place by ensuring that women and women with children are matched with families or couples, rather than with single men,” a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told The Guardian on Wednesday.

Allowing female refugees to move into British homes “without the appropriate oversight may lead to increasing the risks women may face, in addition to the trauma of displacement, family separation and violence already experienced,” he pointed out.

The Homes for Ukraine scheme was launched in mid-March to help Ukrainians fleeing the conflict find temporary housing in the UK. It allows individuals and entities to become a sponsor and nominate single refugees or a whole family to live with them under a single roof or at a separate property. One can’t apply for a UK visa without having a sponsor inside the country.