WARSAW (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday warned of the growing humanitarian crisis stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying the number of refugees could run into the millions, and offered to take in 200. thousand of them in your country.
“We will make it easier for Ukrainians already living in the UK to bring their relatives to our country. Although the numbers are difficult to calculate, there could be more than 200,000,” Johnson said in Warsaw.
Family reunion criteria for Ukrainians are being expanded to allow people living in the UK to bring parents, siblings, adult sons and daughters and grandparents, Johnson’s spokesman told reporters.
Less than a week after Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western leaders are looking for ways to help the thousands of Ukrainians who have left their homeland.
Poland estimated that some 350,000 people had crossed its border from Ukraine since last Thursday, while the European Union stressed the need to prepare for the millions of refugees entering the bloc.
“When I spoke with (US) President (Joe) Biden last night, we focused on the humanitarian emergency that is starting now. Putin’s invasion has already driven hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes, and we must prepare for an even bigger exit, perhaps in the millions,” Johnson added.
He also pledged up to 220 million pounds ($294.7 million) in humanitarian and emergency aid to Ukraine, and said Britain had 1,000 troops on standby to help with the humanitarian response in neighboring countries, including Poland. .
(Reporting by Alan Charlish in Warsaw, Kylie MacLellan, Andrew MacAskill and Muvija M in London)
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