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Ukrainian nationals with passports can apply for UK visas in bid to speed up process

It comes after the government came under fire for their lack of response to the refugee crisis

Manchester Evening News

Ukraine refugees can apply for visas online in Tory climbdown - but not until next week

Home Secretary Priti Patel confirmed the new streamlined approach will not take effect until Tuesday. Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper questioned why it has taken so long for the Home Office to implement this improved version

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel announces changes to Ukrainian visa scheme

Home Secretary Priti Patel said the system will allow Ukrainians with passports to apply online.

The Independent UK

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UK to ease entry requirements for Ukrainian refugees, says Priti Patel

Change means people with passports can apply for entry online and do not have to give biometric details until they are in UK

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel considering reducing security checks for Ukrainians, minister hints

The Government is coming under vast pressure to increase the number of people it is helping to flee the Russian invasion.

The Independent UK

UK politics: Boris Johnson says he fears Putin may use chemical weapons in Ukraine – as it happened

PM says Russian claims about enemies getting ready to use chemical weapons echoes what happened before the use of chemical weapons in Syria

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel poised to ease strict visa rules for Ukraine refugees but biometric checks will stay

Ukrainians in UK on temporary work or student visas expected to be allowed to bring in their families

The Independent UK

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Ireland confirms Priti Patel raised concerns about ‘backdoor’ to UK for Ukrainian refugees

UK stance branded ‘disgraceful’ and ‘irresponsible’ by MPs in Dublin

The Independent UK

The oligarch’s guide to getting round the UK’s economic crime bill

The proposed law promises to expose oligarchs to proper scrutiny. There’s just one problem – it’s rubbish, says author Oliver Bullough

The Guardian - UK

Ayesha Hazarika: Woman to woman, Priti Patel, I’m feeling utterly ashamed by your lack of pity

Yesterday was International Women’s Day. I kicked off the celebrations by upping my HRT and plucking out a massive chin hair, the thickness of nautical cable. Forget closing the gender pay gap, life doesn’t get much better than that ladies, amirite? I was lucky enough to be invited to several…

Evening Standard

‘Lies and deceit shameful’ as Britons warn of ‘riots’ at visa centres

Priti Patel has faced a storm of criticism in recent days for the UK’s handling of the crisis as the United Nations confirmed two million people have fled Ukraine

Evening Standard

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

Daily Mirror

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 Independent UK

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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The Independent UK

Priti Patel accused of misleading MPs over help for Ukrainian refugees at Calais

Home secretary wrongly claimed to have set up visa centre which is not yet operational

The Guardian - UK

Volodymyr Zelenskiy tells UK MPs Ukraine will fight ‘in the forests, in the fields, in the streets’ – as it happened

Ukrainian president summons spirit of Winston Churchill and tells MPs his country ‘will fight to the end in the sea, in the air, whatever the costs’

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel accused of misleading MPs over Ukrainian refugees

Defence secretary says country can do more, as he predicts Ukraine invasion will be ‘Putin’s end’

Daily Mirror

'Insulting' Calais sign for Ukraine refugees after Patel blunder over UK visa centre

Just 300 visas have been approved for Ukrainian refugees attempting to reach the UK out of nearly 10,000 completed applications, as the Home Office comes under fire

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The Independent UK

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

Crackdown on dirty money will need second bill because current moves not enough, says Priti Patel

‘We simply cannot get all the measures in right now’, admits home secretary

The Independent UK

Patel criticises ‘gangster’ Putin as MPs rush through economic crime laws

The legislation is set to establish a new register of overseas entities.

Daily Record

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.

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

Ukraine war: French interior minister warns that refugees could be ‘pushed to take small boats’ by UK visa delays

Priti Patel says a new visa processing centre is being set up en route to Calais

The Independent UK

Government under fire over support for Ukrainian refugees

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

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