New research from Dynata has found that almost two thirds (64%) of the world and 65% of Brits are accepting of refugees fleeing war or other life threatening violence, compared… The post UK supports Ukrainian refugees over any other nation fleeing conflict appeared first on London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com.
The Home Secretary has been humiliated by a Ukrainian MP as Priti Patel promised UK visas in three days and it has now been three weeks. Lesia Vasylenko, 35, has… The post Patel promised Ukrainian’s UK visas in three days but once ‘all the checks and balances the war will be over’ appeared first on…
Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, has criticised the UK’s process for visa applications, claiming his own wife struggled to get a visa. Prystaiko said that despite being ambassador, the “bureaucratic hassles” of going through the UK visa application process meant even his wife couldn’t initially get a visa. The Ukrainian ambassador made the…
They’re arriving with dogs on leads, cats in their arms, or struggling to carry animals in baskets, not wanting to leave any family member behind. PETA Germany is working on the border between Poland and Ukraine and has never seen anything like it. The conditions are dire. People who have travelled for days have had…
Yvette Cooper has clashed with Priti Patel over the so-called ‘borders bill’ today in the House of Commons. In her first appearance at the despatch box as shadow home secretary, Cooper accused the home secretary of “letting vile people traffickers and criminal gangs off the hook” and said her speech was “a lot of rhetoric…
Following the deaths of over 20 migrants crossing the channel yesterday, home secretary Priti Patel told the Commons that “yesterday was a moment that many of us had feared for many years.” Patel reiterated her belief that harsher border control was needed, saying: “More than 20,000 have been stopped this year… We have dismantled 17…
The Home Office has confirmed that only five asylum-seekers have been returned to the European nations in 2021, amid post-Brexit difficulties on a returns agreement. Tom Pursglove, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for Immigration, confirmed to the home affairs committee that illegal Channel crossings rose to 23,000 this year, compared to 8,500 last year. Despite…
Home secretary Priti Patel has hinted that asylum seekers arriving with too much documentation may be barred entry from the UK. Talking to the Lords’ justice and home affairs committee, Patel said: “We are granting asylum to those that are genuine asylum seekers, not those who turn up at primary control points at our airports and…
After her conference speech that reiterated her plans to turn back migrant boats in the English channel, Priti Patel, the modern iron lady of Conservative party politics, remains for turning it seems… “There is no reason why any asylum seeker should come to the United Kingdom directly from France. We make no apology for securing…
After 16 years as chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel will be stepping down. One of the most iconic political figures of her generation, Merkel is one of Germany’s longest ever serving chancellors. To put that in context, her time in charge has coincided with five different UK prime ministers. “She will leave behind a Germany…
