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Ukrainian refugees face ‘chaos’ trying to apply to UK family visa scheme

Priti Patel urged to ‘accept that things are going wrong’ as families who have fled Russian conflict forced to travel for hours to attend visa appointments, with some unable to book one at all

The Independent UK

UK issues 300 visas under Ukraine Family Scheme after Home Office receives almost 9,000 applications

Ukrainians who reach France must go to Paris for UK visa appointments – with only 100 available

The Independent UK

UK reserves just 100 visa appointments in a week for Ukraine refugees in France

It comes despite 1.7million people fleeing Ukraine and mounting anger over families in Calais. Overall the UK has granted just 300 Ukraine family visas in total so far

Daily Mirror

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Just 300 Ukrainian refugees granted visas to come to the UK

Labour criticises ‘shockingly low’ total as people attempting to flee war complain of technical difficulties with system

The Guardian - UK

Transport operators face £2,000 fines for bringing Ukrainians without visas to UK

Firms say they are bound by 1999 law amid reports of families being turned around at French ports

The Independent UK

Refugee policy chaos as Priti Patel contradicts visa figures and herself in the Commons

The Home Secretary said visa figures issued by the Home Office were wrong and initially said a visa centre in Calais was open but then had to correct herself.

Daily Record

Ukraine: why is there dispute over the UK Home Office’s refugee plans?

Whitehall’s response has been accused of being slow and ‘lacking humanity’ in the face of the biggest movement of people in Europe this century

The Guardian - UK

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Government under fire over support for Ukrainian refugees

The Home Office has been accused of a chaotic response to the crisis.

The Independent UK

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

Home Secretary Priti Patel sparked fresh chaos by saying a visa centre "en route" to Calais has been set up - only to suggest minutes later that it's not ready yet

Daily Mirror

Nicola Sturgeon says UK not doing “anywhere near enough” to take in Ukrainian refugees

The First Minister rounded on the UK Government's response in only issuing around 50 visas to people from Ukraine fleeing their country.

Daily Record

UK visas plan for Ukraine refugees in chaos as Boris Johnson says numbers 'not right'

Priti Patel's Home Office claims that 50 visas had been granted; people were not turned back at Calais and that there'll be a third new humanitarian route were all hit by confusion at the top of government

Daily Mirror

UK not doing ‘anywhere near enough’ for Ukrainian refugees, says Sturgeon

Scotland’s first minister wants No 10 to adopt a similar approach to Ireland

The Independent UK

Visas granted for fleeing Ukrainians will rise ‘very quickly’, says minister

The Home Office is under pressure to do more to help refugees after it revealed on Sunday that only ‘around 50’ visas have been granted.

The Independent UK

Johnson says UK may need to produce more oil and gas to reduce reliance on Russia – as it happened

UK prime minister says he will announce an energy supply strategy soon but adds that UK must go ‘step by step’

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Priti Patel under fire over chaotic Ukrainian refugee policy

Home Office sources contradict earlier government denials that third way to enter Britain may be introduced

The Independent UK

James Cleverly grilled over Ukraine visas in interview after ‘around 50’ issued

Home Office said 5,535 applications had been completed while ‘around 50’ given green light

Evening Standard

‘A disgrace’: Tory MPs attack paltry 50 UK visas for Ukrainian refugees

France over the weekend accused the UK of having a ‘lack of humanity’

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson news: Home Office reveals just 300 Ukraine visas issued

Total of 8,900 applications submitted but just a few hundred approved

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The Guardian - UK

Home Office to pay UK resident £5,750 for 10-hour Calais detention

Border official insisted Slovakian national was using an alias after Home Office misspelled name

Daily Mirror

France blasts UK's 'lack of humanity' as Ukraine refugees in Calais 'turned away'

French Interior minister Gerald Darmanin blasted Home Secretary Priti Patel in a furious letter - saying 150 Ukrainians have been told to apply for visas in Paris rather than close to the English Channel

The Guardian - UK

Non-British rough sleepers ‘targeted for deportation’ by Home Office support scheme

Charities and councils passing on the personal data of homeless people could lead to them being forcibly removed from the UK

Leeds Live

Leeds man terrified as Ukrainian girlfriend 'isn't allowed into the UK' to escape war

James Denny, 28, is desperately trying to get girlfriend Anna Volynets, a Ukrainian national, to safety

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s Ukraine visa scheme is complex and unfair, say critics

The policy is restrictive, immigration rules are unclear and questions from officials can feel unfair. Welcome to Britain…

The Independent UK

Immigration minister refuses to give evidence to MPs on Britain’s response to Ukraine refugee crisis

Kevin Foster being urged to reconsider refusal to answer questions given ‘urgency of the situation’

The Guardian - UK

Roman’s empire: how the seeds of Abramovich’s demise were there all along

Almost 20 years after his high profile purchase, the oligarch is looking to sell Chelsea. Here’s the story of how it unravelled

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