The shocking poster that greets Ukraine refugees arriving here in Calais. Appears to be absolutely no official British help on the ground for these traumatised people. The wonderful volunteers of @Care4Calais are doing their best to help.
@SamanthaMalin I went to the UK as an immigrant. Experienced the ‘hostile environment’. And left for the Netherlands. Never been happier with a decision in my life.
Priti Patel says UK has "staff in Calais" to process refugees and it's "absolutely wrong" that they're being turned away.
But Downing Street told us four hours ago there was *not* yet any processing centre there.
In Committee this afternoon @trussliz tried to blame me for the UK sanctioning so few individuals, supposedly quoting me from 1 May 2018. She lied and has apologised. In fact she voted against our amendment to create a register of beneficial ownership of property that day.
PM claims we have “two very generous routes already.”
But one has only issued 50 visas.
The other isn’t even open yet.
This is total disgrace. Desperate Ukrainian families are being turned away & let down in their hour of need.
Home Office needs to get a grip of this fast
Boris Johnson says it is “simply incorrect” to say he intervened in Lebedev’s peerage after Holac’s initial rejection based on a security assessment.
His denial is at direct odds with the multiple sources The Sunday Times spoke to, and later those who confirm story to @Peston
More than 700 Russian millionaires were fast- tracked for British residency via the government's "golden visa" scheme.
Only 50 visas have been given to Ukrainians fleeing war.
This tells you everything you need to know about the government's "solidarity" with Ukraine.
@Agent_Smith_22 @cheryldcharles@JTibballs@PHoppy2010@JuliaHB1 Strange that we in the Netherlands are helping in a way the UK isn’t. It seems we who live in the EU are just more generous, less selfish. I cannot see another reason, can you?
Voici un britannique qui veut ramener sa femme et ses enfants ukrainiens en GB, tous bloqués par les britanniques à Calais 👇
Les britanniques ont pris 50 réfugiés ...
L'UE plus d'un million ...
Honteux @MennaRawlings
Ireland is useful comparison on Ukrainian refugees, a smaller country, further away, Ireland took 600 Ukrainian refugees last week. The U.K has taken 50 @JamesCleverly@bbcnickrobinson@BBCr4today
Faced with huge criticism over the slow pace of UK's #RussiaSanctions (and frustration from Washington & Brussels), today the House of Commons is debating whether to enact emergency legislation that would automatically copy 🇪🇺🇺🇸 sanctions. https://t.co/HhuIXPTXrF
.@KayBurley absolutely on point here. She held Cleverly to core question of why only 50 Ukrainian refugees allowed despite all the applications.
Cleverly says the process is just starting. Rubbish. A week ago, Johnson said UK was way ahead on refugees.
Everyone is starting to notice ...
Article in today's Frankfurter Rundschau about UK's "lack of humanity" over Ukrainian refugees
https://t.co/57tOHUmx7q
So the latest defence for Johnson overruling the advice of the security services to put @mrevgenylebedev in the House of Lords is that he doesn’t do anything there. Thanks for this fascinating insight into our constitution @JamesCleverly …