{"id":4130,"date":"2022-03-01T21:19:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shpresaprogramme.org\/?p=4130"},"modified":"2022-03-01T21:19:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:19:23","slug":"ukraine-conflict-uk-relaxes-visa-rules-for-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shpresaprogramme.org\/sq\/ukraine-conflict-uk-relaxes-visa-rules-for-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine conflict: UK relaxes visa rules for refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boris Johnson has said the UK could take in 200,000 or more Ukrainian refugees as the government extends its help to more people fleeing the war.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The scheme allowing close relatives of Ukrainian people settled in the UK to come over will be widened to include adult parents, grandparents, children over 18 and siblings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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UK firms will also be able to sponsor a Ukrainian entering the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The changes follow criticism that the UK is doing less than EU countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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About seven million people are thought to have been displaced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the United Nations reports that\u00a0more than 500,000<\/a>\u00a0people have fled the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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