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David Bond

‘Lies and deceit shameful’ as Britons warn of ‘riots’ at visa centres

Home Secretary Priti Patel

(Picture: PA Wire)

The Government faced fresh anger on Wednesday over its response to refugees fleeing Ukraine as Britons warned there could be riots at UK immigration centres unless ministers speed up the visa application process.

Marianne Kay, the daughter of a Ukrainian refugee from Yorkshire who is trying to help her 79-year-old mother to safety in the UK, told the BBC that a visa application centre set up by the British government in Rzeszow, Poland, was “severely” understaffed and said “it does feel like there will be riots”.

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