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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

No10 slaps down immigration minister who said fleeing Ukrainians could pick fruit in UK

Downing Street has slapped down the immigration minister after he posted a now-deleted tweet saying Ukrainian refugees could apply to pick fruit in Britain.

Tory MP Kevin Foster replied to Labour MP Luke Pollard on Twitter saying there are a 'number of routes' for refugees from the war.

The Tory government is under pressure to allow Ukrainians refuge in the UK as the invading Russian forces surge toward Kyiv.

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