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Ukraine refugees made to wait in -3° cold outside UK visa centre
An 84-year-old woman was among those locked outside of the processing centre. "The UK has quite literally left them out in the cold."
Heartbreaking thread as Ukrainian MP tells how his town has been razed and his parents aren’t contactable
"Russia is deliberately and systematically bringing the city to a humanitarian catastrophe," he said. "What will happen in 2-3 days is very difficult to imagine".
Russia tells US it wants a return to Cold War relations in order to maintain ‘peaceful coexistence’
Last week Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov likened the Americans to Hitler and Napoleon.
Russia releases full list of ‘unfriendly countries’ – and everybody says the same thing
“It would’ve been easier to publish a list of countries who have been “friendly” to Russia," one person tweeted in response.
British mum ready to give spare room to Ukrainian refugees & blames Brexit for Visa issues
"If they could get here I think I would help them, but because of Brexit and Ukrainians having to have a visa it's much harder."
Defence boss slams Truss after she appears to support Brits going to fight in Ukraine
“We’ve been very clear that it’s unlawful as well as unhelpful for UK military and for the UK population to start going towards Ukraine in that sense," the army boss said.
‘Bureaucracy before compassion’ – Govt slammed as 600 Ukrainian refugees wait in Calais
"SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Stop “computer says no” mindset and get on and help."
‘Are you not ashamed?’: Liz Truss grilled over UK’s handling of refugee crisis
Truss also had to apologise after incorrectly accusing a Labour MP of supporting amendments to legislation that she said made it harder to bring in sanctions.
Moldova says every 8th child in the country is now a refugee
The UK, on the other hand, has only managed to process 300 visas, with hundreds of families still stranded in Calais and elsewhere.