{"id":64083,"date":"2022-03-08T15:51:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=64083"},"modified":"2022-03-08T15:51:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:51:31","slug":"uk-government-stopping-wales-helping-fleeing-ukrainians-says-first-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/03\/08\/uk-government-stopping-wales-helping-fleeing-ukrainians-says-first-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Government stopping Wales helping fleeing Ukrainians, says First Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mark Drakeford believes Wales has the capacity to help people escaping the violence<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>FIRST Minister Mark Drakeford said the UK Government is not allowing Wales to aid Ukrainians fleeing the country in today\u2019s (March 8) First Ministers Questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to a question by Plaid Cymru Leader, Adam Price MS, the First Minister said: \u201cWe have a simple, swift, safe and legal route for people wanting to make their way to this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are simply better placed to be able to do that closer to where those decisions need to be made than somebody sitting in Whitehall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe United Kingdom discharges our moral obligation, our moral obligation to do everything we can to help.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement on Twitter earlier today, Mark Drakeford also said the UK needed to \u201crevisit its policies\u201d and do more to help those fleeing Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wales is ready to support refugees from Ukraine but more needs to be done to ensure safe and easy travel routes are available.<br>\u00a0<br>The UK Government needs to revisit its immigration policies to cut the red tape and do more to help those fleeing the violence in Ukraine.<\/p>&mdash; Mark Drakeford (@PrifWeinidog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrifWeinidog\/status\/1501113077181341696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Welsh Government has already pledged \u00a34 million in financial and humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Low-cost airline, WizzAir, have offered to bring 100,000 people to the UK free of charge, and the First Minister has been in contact with Cardiff Airport about bringing Ukrainians to the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are of course in conversations with the chief executive and others in the team at the airport, they are on standby right around the clock to be a part of any further discussions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only 300 visas have been accepted by the UK Government, with nearly 600 turned away in Calais due to lack of paperwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The First Minister says that UK Ministers want to help those fleeing, but wants to see intentions turned into action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMinisters say they want to do everything they can, but we need to see those intentions turned into services on the ground. 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