UK Home Secretary Rejects Call for Visa Waiver for Fleeing Ukrainians

UK Home Secretary Rejects Call for Visa Waiver for Fleeing Ukrainians
Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel at 10 Downing Street in central London on Jan. 21, 2021. Matt Dunham/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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Home Secretary Priti Patel ruled out a visa waiver for Ukrainians fleeing the conflict with Russia because of fears that Moscow’s troops and extremists could seek to come to the UK.

Patel, who has come under intense political pressure from MPs across the Commons to do more to allow Ukrainian refugees to reach the UK, insisted she was taking action to open safe routes.