The UK could take in 200,000 or more Ukrainian refugees to help those fleeing the war.
, Home Secretary Priti Patel said the UK government had announced a "generous" and "unprecedented" package of measures to help Ukrainians and their family members enter the UK.
Given this and Russian President Vladimir Putin's "willingness to do violence on British soil", Ms Patel said, "we cannot suspend any security or biometric checks on people we welcome to our country". Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said she was "concerned about the way Home Office has handled this" but welcomed the latest changes.
"Surely she is not expecting to turn their families away? When people are fleeing Russian authoritarianism or war I assume she will not be applying a test based on which bureaucratic box UK residents tick."
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