Ukrainian refugee stranded in Calais with mum & brother warns family may return to war-torn home if UK blocks visa application
"Our car is our home now. We're hoping the visa will be approved."
"Our car is our home now. We're hoping the visa will be approved."
"Under any normal administration that in itself would be a resignation matter," the veteran MP told the House.
"SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Stop “computer says no” mindset and get on and help."
"Government still not helping Ukrainian refugees who have families in the UK despite Priti Patel saying the government is helping. 150 people at Calais being told to go to Paris to apply. Inhumane."
Regarding Covid he said: “I am very happy that free Britain, or at least merry England, is probably now the freest country in the world as regards Covid restrictions. No mask rules, no vaccine passports. Long may it remain so."
“Seeing how people in Calais are treated by our authorities is deeply shocking. They are hounded night and day, exposed to the bitter winter elements, denied food and shelter and subject to regular police brutality."
The Prime Minister and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have both warned that a no-deal outcome looks more likely than an agreement.
Earlier this week Michael Gove warned of 7,000-truck-long queues in Kent when the Brexit transition period ends.
Brexiteer Sir Edward Leigh, the long-serving Conservative MP for Gainsborough, suggested on Twitter that England and France should return to the border arrangements they maintained in the late sixteenth century.
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