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The Latest Breaking News from Calais

P&O Ferries cancellations and delays - your rights to getting your money back

P&O Ferries has suspended a number of its services today ahead of an announcement with routes to Calais cancelled and resulting delays - we take a look at refund rights for affected passengers

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries suspends sailings ahead of 'major announcement'

It has temporarily paused their operations and that’s causing disruption at the short straits – Calais-Dover

Nottingham Post

P&O Ferries: all sailings halted ahead of ‘major announcement’

Exclusive: Motorists and truck drivers hoping to sail between Dover and Calais are expected to be directed to rival ferry firms or Eurotunnel

The Independent UK

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French charity in Calais calls for 'Ukrainian' shelters to be opened to other exiles

Organisations and NGOs working with refugees in Calais in northern France are calling for centres set up to receive Ukrainians fleeing conflict to be opened up to other exiles, who have been camping out for months in the hope of crossing to Britain.

Radio France Internationale

‘We just want to be safe’: visa waits and frustration of Ukrainians in Calais

Refugees describe bureaucratic hurdles and uncertainty after exhausting journeys across Europe

The Guardian - UK

Refugee family in Calais 'may have to return to Ukraine' if UK visas denied

'It all takes so long and still we don't understand if we can cross into the UK'

Wales Online

Mum and daughter turned away at UK border after driving 1,500 miles from Ukraine warzone

Alena Semenova and her mother, Tetyana Tsybanyuk, from Kyiv, drove more than 1,500 miles to a ferry port in Calais, only to be told that they would not be able to make the crossing without a visa

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Traumatised Ukrainian refugees escaping war head out of Calais amid UK visas delays

Natacha Bouchart said 350 terrified refugees had been prevented from entering the UK by British border guards in recent days. Boris Johnson has faced demands for a more 'humane' policy for refugees

Daily Mirror

Anger and exhaustion as Ukrainians turned away by UK in Calais

Hundreds have had to pause their gruelling journey while they work out how to get visas

The Guardian - UK

Desperate Ukrainian families finally get glimmer of hope as they leave Calais

Mums and dads who overnight became refugees fleeing the war picked up their kids and climbed aboard a bus to take them to Lille to try and get visas to reach Britain

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian refugees leave Calais hostel for visa application centre

They were put on a waiting bus, accompanied by a heavy police presence.

The Independent UK

Home Office claims Ukrainian refugees in Calais can take free Eurostar to Lille - but train does not exist

Exclusive: Government accused of ‘outright lies’ after Eurostar confirms trains do not stop in Calais

The Independent UK

Ukraine crisis: Why put a pop up centre in Lille and what is next for refugees in Calais?

Ukrainians say they have endured days on end with no confirmation of their visa application status

The Independent UK

UK will step up pace of admissions for Ukrainian refugees, says Shapps

Labour called for emergency visas for people fleeing the fighting as the Transport Secretary said 760 have been allowed in so far.

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The Independent UK

Zelensky backs UK response to Ukraine refugee crisis, claims minister as only 760 visas granted

‘Zelensky has asked us to proceed in the way we are doing’, says Grant Shapps

The Independent UK

Why put a pop-up centre in Lille and what next for Ukrainians in Calais?

Some of the key questions answered on the Ukrainian situation in the north of France, as thousands try to make it to the UK.

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson creates new minister to deal with Ukrainian refugee crisis

Succession of Tory MPs condemn Home Office for ‘dragging its feet’ over visa applications

Daily Mirror

Tory MPs line up to condemn Priti Patel over visa shambles for families fleeing Ukraine

One Tory MP suggested the Home Secretary should resign while another compared the Home Office to a snail after just 500 family visas were given out since Friday

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Daily Mirror

Desperate Ukrainian families sent all over Europe in exhausting bid to get UK visa

Ukrainian dad Ivan Amaritsa smiled as he watched his four-year-old daughter Julia cuddle a huge teddy bear donated by a local French mum after they arrived in Calais

The Independent UK

No plans to set up UK visa processing centre for Ukrainian refugees in Calais

Government officials intend to redirect those seeking sanctuary to a small “pop-up” visa application centre in Lille

Wales Online

'We drove thousands of miles and a border guard just shrugged' The diary of a refugee from Ukraine trying to reach Wales

Alena and her mother Tetyana endured a gruelling journey across Europe to be met with indifference and a shrug at the UK border

Reuters

UK criticised over Ukraine refugee scheme, says 500 visas issued so far

The British government faced heavy criticism from all sides of parliament on Tuesday over its policy towards Ukrainian refugees after Immigration Minister Kevin Foster said Britain had so far issued 500 visas to those fleeing the Russian invasion.

The Independent UK

Home Office slammed by Tory MPs over help given to Ukrainian refugees

Priti Patel also faced calls to resign as Home Secretary for telling MPs that a visa application centre had been set up en route to Calais.

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian family describe trauma of UK visa processing

‘The treatment we received from the French and the British has been so different,’ says father Yakiv Voloshchuk

Radio France Internationale

UK to mobilise visa officers to France after criticism over Ukraine refugees

Britain says it is sending visa officers to the French port of Calais to help expedite the processing of Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion, after the UK's response to the impending refugee crisis was slammed as a "disgrace".

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