The government has officially launched its Homes for Ukraine scheme, which will see families across the UK host Ukrainians who have fled the country.
Frustrated Sky reporter in Ukraine confronts Deputy PM over refugees as siren blares
01.03.2022 - 16:21 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A frustrated TV presenter reporting from Ukraine confronted the UK's Deputy Prime Minister over the government's inaction in helping war refugees as sirens sounded behind him.
Sky News journalist Mark Austin asked Dominic Raab “why are we not doing more?” as he questioned how a 75-year-old woman taking cover in a Kyiv bomb shelter couldn't get to her son in Britain, according to the Mirror.
As a warning of an incoming Russian strike on the capital went off in the background, the Conservative MP replied: “I can’t comment on every potential hypothetical case.
“Of course we understand the difficulties of the practical situation on the ground. That’s common to most conflict zones.
“We’ll work with all our international partners and the UN to try to resolve that and make sure we continue this tradition of offering safe haven to those fleeing persecution.”
Mr Raab, whose family fled the Holocaust, insisted he understood the urgency of the situation as the “son of a refugee myself”. But Labour MP Angela Eagle tweeted: “Awful lack of empathy & assistance.”
Boris Johnson will travel to Poland and Estonia today for crisis talks as calls mount for him to do more to open UK borders to more refugees.
He is facing anger after, so far, only waiving visas for the closest Ukrainian family members of people already living in Britain.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said last night that she will announce "further changes" in "the next few days".
Around 100,000 are eligible for the UK's current offer - but the EU plans to offer fleeing Ukrainians the right to stay and work for up to three years. And the 100,000 total is thought to be the entire total of potentially eligible close family members in Ukraine - not an estimate of how many will actually
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