Refugees who fled the war from Ukraine get on the bus at the Medyka border crossing in Poland, on Saturday, March 12, 2022
TOO many questions remain unanswered over the government’s new sponsorship route for Ukrainian refugees, Labour has said, calling for clarity on how the scheme will work.
Ukrainians without family ties in Britain will soon be able to come to the country if they are matched and housed with a sponsor under the Homes for Ukraine programme.
Cabinet minister Michael Gove said today that he expects the scheme to bring tens of thousands of Ukrainians to Britain.
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
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
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum