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Mar 4 • 10 tweets • 21 min read
@supertanskiii .@ukhomeoffice @pritipatel #PritiPatel @Conservatives @MatthewRycroft1 @JSHeappey @kevin_j_foster

Why are calls to HO Ukraine Helpline NOT ENTIRELY FREE? They're 0300 numbers.

Enough penny-pinching, please. It's ungenerous.

See two images below, taken from gov pages just now.
@supertanskiii @ukhomeoffice @pritipatel @Conservatives @MatthewRycroft1 @JSHeappey @kevin_j_foster .@ukhomeoffice @pritipatel #PritiPatel @Conservatives @MatthewRycroft1 @JSHeappey @kevin_j_foster

And you? A non-free 0300 helpline.

> RENFE offers free rail transport
throughout 🇪🇸 for fleeing Ukrainian refugees travelling over Spanish border <

bit.ly/3vAHfJR
@supertanskiii @ukhomeoffice @pritipatel @Conservatives @MatthewRycroft1 @JSHeappey @kevin_j_foster See my (critical) tweet above.

Apparently, this.

But where @ukhomeoffice, is this number publicised?

@supertanskiii @ukhomeoffice @pritipatel @Conservatives @MatthewRycroft1 @JSHeappey @kevin_j_foster And, @ukhomeoffice:

@supertanskiii @ukhomeoffice @pritipatel @Conservatives @MatthewRycroft1 @JSHeappey @kevin_j_foster And, @ukhomeoffice:

@supertanskiii @ukhomeoffice @pritipatel @Conservatives @MatthewRycroft1 @JSHeappey @kevin_j_foster And, @ukhomeoffice:

@supertanskiii @ukhomeoffice @pritipatel @Conservatives @MatthewRycroft1 @JSHeappey @kevin_j_foster The @ukhomeoffice could learn a lot about how to avoid the "engineered cruelty" of its Ukraine visa application system, from this thorough piece.

Unless that "engineered cruelty" is quite deliberate?

@supertanskiii @ukhomeoffice @pritipatel @Conservatives @MatthewRycroft1 @JSHeappey @kevin_j_foster .@ukhomeoffice @pritipatel #PritiPatel @Conservatives @MatthewRycroft1 @JSHeappey @kevin_j_foster

@supertanskiii @ukhomeoffice @pritipatel @Conservatives @MatthewRycroft1 @JSHeappey @kevin_j_foster Summary, so far:

① HO 0300 helpline is not entirely free, and the free 0208 number appears not to be on its web site.

② HO has retained visa requirements when they should have been lifted....
@supertanskiii @ukhomeoffice @pritipatel @Conservatives @MatthewRycroft1 @JSHeappey @kevin_j_foster ③ HO has "kept the application process deliberately opaque and contradictory by using the existing Hostile Environment."

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