Carlton GP Ian Campbell gives his opinion on the ongoing situation in Ukraine and what he thinks of refugees who are seeking to come to the UK. Dr Campbell works at Jubilee Park Medical Practice.
Just a few weeks ago we started to think we might be emerging from the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The prospect of a new war in Europe, not only in Ukraine, but perhaps further afield across the continent too was far from our minds. But now we know the harsh reality, Russia has been waging a ferocious war in Ukraine for four weeks now.
And with every day, news of the rapidly escalating refugee exodus, with several million people having already fled Ukraine to nearby countries, particularly Poland, to escape the violence much attention has been given to the acute refugee crisis we now face across the whole of Europe. Millions of people, men women and children, who have had to leave behind everything they possess, now face a bleak, uncertain future. The United Kingdom is rightly opening its doors to allow some people at least to take refuge here. But can we cope?
