London, March 9 The British government said this Wednesday that it had granted about 760 visas to Ukrainians fleeing war, out of 22,000 applications, in a family reunification programme, amid criticism from representatives of all parties that they were not doing enough to accommodate the refugees. refugees. . In a statement to Sky News, Transport Minister Grant Shapps defended that the reunification route could carry up to “200,000 people”, although he acknowledged that the Interior Ministry was now considering opening a new route of entry for Ukraine with no strings attached. with English. Shapps noted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had told him he would prefer citizens “not to go too far” from Ukraine’s borders so they can easily return to their countries if possible. The Conservative politician insisted that it made sense to “check people’s status” and whether they had visas before allowing them in, in part, he said, to prevent possible Russian maneuvers. The Minister argued that the UK “is the country that provides the most humanitarian aid, with 400 million euros (480 million euros) of economic assistance, apart from that offered by the British people.” More than two million refugees, mostly women and children – some of them traveling alone – have fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine to reach neighboring Poland, Hungary or Romania, from where they are trying to move to other states in the country. Central and West. Europe. EFE jm/jac
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