revised downwards, the English requirements should facilitate crossings from Calais
Currently, around a thousand refugees live in Calais, awaiting clandestine passage to the United Kingdom.
Arras and Calais (Pas de Calais)
On the one hand, the political declarations of the British government: “The UK must be as generous as possible”, said Boris Johnson, the prime minister. On the other hand, the reality on the ground around Pas-de-Calais. Throughout the week, the situation of Ukrainian refugees wishing to join their families in Great Britain has been subject to reversals, adaptations, changes…
How to quickly register and analyze visa applications from Ukrainians who have arrived in Calais to take the ferry or the Tunnel? The English, who are the only Europeans to require a visa from Ukrainians, initially refused to adapt their traditional procedure, highlighting internal security and the necessary conditions before entering the country. In particular by recording biometric data.
Turned back at the border
They therefore forced Ukrainians arriving in Calais to go to Paris or Brussels to apply for a visa. Last week, about 300 Ukrainians…