Defense Minister Ben Wallace said Britain can and will do more to help Ukrainians fleeing their country after the Russian invasion.
However, that’s a small fraction of the number of people who have fled Ukraine so far.have left the country since the beginning of the invasion, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said. Half of them are children, according to UNICEF. Most of those fleeing Ukraine have gone to Poland, which has received 1.2 million refugees so far.
In historic crisis, 2 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of Russian invasion, U.N. says About 600 refugees are stuck in the French city of Calais trying to enter Britain, and some of them have been told they need to travel to Paris to process their visas. Many said they were turned away for lack of paperwork, the BBC reported.
The European Union is allowing Ukrainian refugees in for up to three years without visas. Britain, no longer part of the E.U., has instituted entry controls, drawing criticism from other countries.French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin wrote a letter to the British home secretary, Priti Patel, calling on the British government to set up a consular service in Calais.