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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Andy Lines & Dan Bloom

Chaos as Priti Patel says Ukraine families can get visas near Calais - but not yet

Priti Patel sparked new chaos today by finally announcing Ukrainians can get visas near Calais - but not yet.

The Home Secretary told MPs "we have set up" a "bespoke" visa application centre "en route" to Calais after families had to travel to Paris or Brussels to give biometric data like fingerprints.

But minutes later, she claimed she had never said that - and suggested it was not ready. She told MPs: "I actually said that I can confirm we are setting up another VAC en route to Calais. I made that quite clear in my remarks earlier on.”

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