Ukraine ambassador calls for UK to end 'bureaucratic red tape' for refugees
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi revealed plans were under way in his department to prepare for up to 100,000 Ukrainian children who might need places in schools in the UK.
"We need to streamline that, we need to get better at it and you will see that number increase of people we bring in."But when accusations of foot-dragging, complacency, heartlessness and lies come from your own backbenches, you know you have got a serious problem. More than two million people have now fled Ukraine, leading to what the United Nations has described as the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War Two.Poland alone taking in nearly 1.3 million people so farPrime Minister Boris Johnson has continued to resist calls to drop visa requirements for Ukrainians fleeing the violence - insisting security checks were needed to prevent Russian agents being able to infiltrate the UK.
The government's response to the refugee crisis has been branded a "disgrace" by Tory MP Alec Shelbrooke, while fellow Conservative politician Sir Roger Gale called on Home Secretary Priti Patel to resign over the situation.even led to his wife to facing delaysMr Prystaiko, who took up his post in 2020, told MPs at the Home Affairs Committee: "I don't want to see these pictures of people banging at the doors in Calais and scratching the doors which are quite sealed.
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