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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson responded to criticisms that the UK was not allowing enough Ukrainians who fled the war, saying the country is processing thousands of applications.
“I can’t give you the number. We’re processing thousands right now,” Johnson said.
“We will continue to make sure that we have a very, very generous approach,” he added in a pooled interview.
Johnson said the EU has a “border-free zone” and the UK has a “different system.”
“And I think it’s sensible, given what’s going on in Ukraine, to make sure that we have some basic ability to check who’s coming in and who isn’t.”
Reminding that the UK has allowed more than 15,000 people from Afghanistan and 104,000 others from Hong Kong since he has been in the office, Johnson said “what we want, though, is control and we want to be able to have checks.”
Johnson’s response followed reports of criticism that the UK has so far allowed only 50 Ukrainians and many others are waiting at the French coastal city of Calais…
