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Border farce: Britain is failing Ukraine’s refugees

Why is the UK putting up obstacles to deter Ukrainian refugees?

12 March 2022

9:00 AM

12 March 2022

9:00 AM

  Calais, France

‘The British government is not turning anybody around,’ Priti Patel told her French counterpart last weekend. ‘Ukrainian refugees are welcome in the UK.’ She doubled down on her claims in the House of Commons on Monday: ‘It is wrong to say that we are just turning people back; we are absolutely not.’

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