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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Flora Thompson

Government accused of putting ‘paperwork over people’ in Ukraine refugee crisis

PA Wire

The Government is prioritising “paperwork over people” in its response to the Ukraine refugee crisis, a charity boss has told MPs.

Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council, urged ministers to urgently waive visa applications for people fleeing war-torn Ukraine in what he described as the “worst refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War”.

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