Liberal Democrat chief Sir Ed Davey has accused the Authorities of a “stunning” lack of assist for Ukrainian refugees attempting to succeed in the UK.
Talking throughout a go to to the Polish border, Sir Ed mentioned that, not like different European international locations, the British Authorities didn’t have individuals on the bottom providing help to these wanting to come back.
He urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to journey to the area to see for himself the plight of “traumatised and exhausted” individuals determined to succeed in security.
“Boris Johnson ought to come right here, see these individuals along with his personal eyes, look them within the face and say ‘I apologise for being so unwelcoming for thus lengthy’,” he mentioned in a phone interview with the PA information company.
Our Authorities is so incorrect. They’re pretending they’re doing one thing and so they actually aren’t
Sir Ed Davey
“Our Authorities is so incorrect. It’s only a hopeless method of going about it. They’re pretending they’re doing one thing and so they actually aren’t.”
Sir Ed was talking from the Polish city of Przemysl – near one of many principal crossing factors from Ukraine – the place he described the state of affairs as “organised chaos”.
A disused Tesco had been repurposed by the Poles as a humanitarian centre, whereas he mentioned different European international locations had arrange makeshift outposts in close by empty outlets providing the refugees help with their onward journeys.
Nevertheless, he mentioned there was nothing comparable from the UK, with the outcome that folks had been being postpone from even attempting to get there because it was seen as too troublesome and too costly.
The Authorities is not ready to do the mandatory for individuals who do need to come. It’s simply stunning
Sir Ed Davey
“The message from Priti Patel and Boris Johnson – ‘You possibly can come if in case you have obtained a relative, however don’t trouble in any other case’ – I’m afraid individuals have heard that and individuals who may need come to the UK suppose they need to go elsewhere,” the Lib Dem chief mentioned.
“Our fame, when it comes to humanitarian assist at the least, is just not a great one right here. We must always have British individuals right here who can say ‘If you wish to come to the UK we’ll make it occur for you.’”
Sir Ed mentioned that even the Authorities’s new scheme introduced on Monday to allow the general public to open their houses to Ukrainians fleeing the combating was too difficult and too bureaucratic.
“How are you supposed to satisfy individuals on social media? These are people who find themselves traumatised, they’re exhausted, they’re emotional,” he mentioned.
“Generally they left in such a rush they didn’t even deliver all their paperwork, apparently they’ve to discover a British contact one way or the other. Nonsense.
“We needs to be right here saying if you wish to come that is how we’ll do it for you. The Authorities isn’t ready to do the mandatory for individuals who do need to come. It’s simply stunning.”
Kaynak: briturkish.com
