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Government under fire over support for Ukrainian refugees

The Home Office has been accused of a chaotic response to the crisis.

The Independent UK

Chaos as Priti Patel says Ukraine families can get visas near Calais - but not yet

Home Secretary Priti Patel sparked fresh chaos by saying a visa centre "en route" to Calais has been set up - only to suggest minutes later that it's not ready yet

Daily Mirror

Nicola Sturgeon says UK not doing “anywhere near enough” to take in Ukrainian refugees

The First Minister rounded on the UK Government's response in only issuing around 50 visas to people from Ukraine fleeing their country.

Daily Record

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UK visas plan for Ukraine refugees in chaos as Boris Johnson says numbers 'not right'

Priti Patel's Home Office claims that 50 visas had been granted; people were not turned back at Calais and that there'll be a third new humanitarian route were all hit by confusion at the top of government

Daily Mirror

UK not doing ‘anywhere near enough’ for Ukrainian refugees, says Sturgeon

Scotland’s first minister wants No 10 to adopt a similar approach to Ireland

The Independent UK

Visas granted for fleeing Ukrainians will rise ‘very quickly’, says minister

The Home Office is under pressure to do more to help refugees after it revealed on Sunday that only ‘around 50’ visas have been granted.

The Independent UK

Johnson says UK may need to produce more oil and gas to reduce reliance on Russia – as it happened

UK prime minister says he will announce an energy supply strategy soon but adds that UK must go ‘step by step’

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Priti Patel under fire over chaotic Ukrainian refugee policy

Home Office sources contradict earlier government denials that third way to enter Britain may be introduced

The Guardian - UK

James Cleverly grilled over Ukraine visas in interview after ‘around 50’ issued

Home Office said 5,535 applications had been completed while ‘around 50’ given green light

The Independent UK

‘A disgrace’: Tory MPs attack paltry 50 UK visas for Ukrainian refugees

France over the weekend accused the UK of having a ‘lack of humanity’

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson news: Home Office reveals just 300 Ukraine visas issued

Total of 8,900 applications submitted but just a few hundred approved

The Independent UK

Home Office to pay UK resident £5,750 for 10-hour Calais detention

Border official insisted Slovakian national was using an alias after Home Office misspelled name

The Guardian - UK

France blasts UK's 'lack of humanity' as Ukraine refugees in Calais 'turned away'

French Interior minister Gerald Darmanin blasted Home Secretary Priti Patel in a furious letter - saying 150 Ukrainians have been told to apply for visas in Paris rather than close to the English Channel

Daily Mirror

Non-British rough sleepers ‘targeted for deportation’ by Home Office support scheme

Charities and councils passing on the personal data of homeless people could lead to them being forcibly removed from the UK

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Leeds Live

Leeds man terrified as Ukrainian girlfriend 'isn't allowed into the UK' to escape war

James Denny, 28, is desperately trying to get girlfriend Anna Volynets, a Ukrainian national, to safety

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s Ukraine visa scheme is complex and unfair, say critics

The policy is restrictive, immigration rules are unclear and questions from officials can feel unfair. Welcome to Britain…

The Independent UK

Immigration minister refuses to give evidence to MPs on Britain’s response to Ukraine refugee crisis

Kevin Foster being urged to reconsider refusal to answer questions given ‘urgency of the situation’

The Guardian - UK

Roman’s empire: how the seeds of Abramovich’s demise were there all along

Almost 20 years after his high profile purchase, the oligarch is looking to sell Chelsea. Here’s the story of how it unravelled

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The Independent UK

Home Office refuses to reveal Russians given golden visas for ‘data protection reasons’

The fast-track visas were available to people who invested millions of pounds in the UK

Edinburgh Live

Scottish husband finally reunites with wife after she became stuck in Ukraine

The pair were able to reconnect this week following the nightmare ordeal which saw Natalya have to travel from Scotland to Ukraine in order to have a spousal visa granted.

Daily Record

Scot in emotional reunion with wife after she was sent to Ukraine just days before invasion

Peter and wife Natalya now finalising visa to get home to Aberdeenshire after Home Office disastrously advised Natalya to head to Ukraine to get a spouse visa - just days before Putin's Russia invaded

The Independent UK

Home Office helpline for Ukraine refugees manned by advisers who ‘know nothing’ about new scheme

Helpline advisers say they ‘haven’t been briefed’ about refugee scheme so cannot assist, say Ukrainians

Daily Mirror

Roman Abramovich accused of 'association with corrupt activity' as Starmer urges sanctions

Labour leader Keir Starmer asked "why on earth" Roman Abramovich has not been sanctioned, saying: "He’s a person of interest to the Home Office because of his links to the Russian state and his public association with corrupt activity and practices"

Edinburgh Live

Scottish man desperate to reunite with Ukrainian wife as she fights to get out

Peter Fisher has travelled to Budapest to try and reuinte with his wife Natalya after she was forced to travel to Ukraine in order to be granted a spousal visa in the UK.

The Independent UK

‘We feel powerless’: The Ukrainian refugees unable to join loved ones in Britain under Home Office scheme

‘We have a warm house for them. We love them. Why should they be somewhere else?’ asks Tetiana Bykova, Ukrainian who is unable to bring her cousin’s wife and three-year-old to live with her in Glasgow

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