Truly terrifying reports of Russian invasion in Ukraine.
Thinking of these poor Ukrainian families desperately trying to decide what to do. We must keep our hearts open across Europe and share responsibility for safely receiving as many as are forced to flee. #r4today
Thinking of these poor Ukrainian families desperately trying to decide what to do. We must keep our hearts open across Europe and share responsibility for safely receiving as many as are forced to flee. #r4today
And that includes here in the UK. We cannot fall back on the shameful old “first safe country” idea and wash our hands of their fate. Ukrainians must be welcome here. And the best way to achieve that is to immediately establish safe travel options for refugees.
Shameful that people from Ukraine who come to us seeking safety will face the cruelty of our asylum system, held up by delays, denied the right to work, in poor quality accommodation.
This is how we’ve treated Afghans, Syrians, surely now we can reform our broken system? #r4today
This is how we’ve treated Afghans, Syrians, surely now we can reform our broken system? #r4today
Around 70 thousand Ukrainians live in the UK. We must show this community support, lift income requirements and other limitations on family reunion to allow them to bring loved ones to safety.
We can learn from our disastrous failure to do this in Afghanistan & get ahead of this.
We can learn from our disastrous failure to do this in Afghanistan & get ahead of this.
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