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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Ukrainian refugees will get 3-year UK visas as Priti Patel extends time limit in U-turn

Fleeing Ukrainians with family in the UK will be able to live, work and claim benefits in Britain for three years in a Tory U-turn.

Priti Patel at first said Ukrainian relatives of people in the UK would be given leave for “an initial period of 12 months”.

But pressure mounted on the Home Secretary - after the EU announced a far more generous scheme where people could stay for three years, and with no family ties.

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