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Contrast: Volunteers at the Klub Orla Bialego (White Eagle Club) in Balham, south London, sift through donations made by members of the public for Ukrainian refugees. The government has only granted 50 visas for Ukrainians fleeing the invasion
THE Home Office is “incapable” of responding to the scale of Ukraine’s refugee crisis, a rights group said after it emerged only 50 Ukrainians have been granted visas so far.
This figure equates to about 1 per cent of the 5,535 Ukrainian citizens who have applied for the government’s new family visa scheme since it was launched last Friday.
The Home Office’s approach has been too slow and too bureaucratic to address the rapidly escalating crisis, which has seen an estimated 1.3 million Ukrainian’s flee the country in just over a week, Amnesty International UK said.
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
