French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanen said today that his British counterpart Priti Patel would “set up a kind of consulate” in Calais, where “several dozen” Ukrainian refugees arrived on Wednesday.
After leaving their homes to escape the Russian invasion of their country, “dozens of Ukrainians have arrived in Calais since yesterday and in front of the (Channel) tunnel or port” in order to reach their families in Britain, he explained. Darmanen speaking on the French station France Inter.
A total of “about 800 Ukrainians” have arrived in France since the beginning of the war, “sometimes with the aim of crossing into Spain or England,” the French minister added.
Darmanen said Patel’s British counterpart had agreed to set up “a kind of consulate in Calais” and send a British consul there to facilitate the issuance of entry permits to refugees.
Paris on Tuesday called on London to relax visa requirements for Ukrainian refugees, fearing that many families would be trapped in northern France.
As of Monday, a nine-member family of Ukrainians, who arrived in Calais by road with the intention of crossing into Britain without being able to do so because they did not have a visa, resides in a youth center provided by the city mayor Natasha Bouchard.
The British government, which has been criticized for its lack of generosity towards refugees, on Tuesday relaxed visa requirements for Ukrainians who have relatives in the United Kingdom.
“Permits, which were originally given to ‘immediate’ family members such as spouses, are now granted to other members, such as ‘parents, grandparents, adult children, siblings,'” Patel said.
Individuals, non-governmental organizations or companies can be guaranteed for Ukrainians who do not have a family in Britain.
Source: AMPE
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