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Moving to prevent the sort of angry scenes we see the polish border. >> looking forward to it, meanwhile the prime minister has repeated calls to draw visa requirements for ukrainians, insisting security checks were vital. joined now from eugene webster, shes the president to the ukrainian law association. thanks for joining us on the program this morning. whats should happen? >> no i didnt hear you. >> okay. can you hear me now? >> yes. >> i just want to ask you your opinion on what were hearin...

Sure, and im saying place do the. security checks. and you can do the security checks, theyre very quick to do. and if you talk to officials -- >> is there funding in the quake? checks >> this is basic stuff to do. that they should be able to do. if you look at what the countries are doing to support ukraine. hungry, theyre trying to do with the most because people are wanting to stay. but you want to make it obvious that they -- theyve got the technology to do it. they should be able to do this...

Money and humanitarian aid to those countries nearby. because those countries who -- as soon as possible. but later, there will be some that suggest that the hurdles involved in getting the scheme up and running, and coming to the uk, and to the great security checks by the -- and the britons wanting to open their rooms. the starting with the later leader, they said they will welcome the scheme but perhaps some criticism setting up some parts of it have been had today. >> so far, the home office...

So the first thing is weve got to drop the onerous visa requirements, because as well as being very, very difficult for people who are applying for family reunion, who are trying to come here through the family visa, who still have to upload a whole series of documents that often they dont have, proving family connection, proving their own identities and so on, its more complicated when you get to the community sponsorship scheme, because they have to go through that process before they can even...

For this to happen, both sides have got to go with the security checks and michael gove suggested today that the first people could come through next week, which, again, i think so far, this is a great indication about the country and about the national mood, about that desire to do something to help with this most awful of circumstances. when you look at some of the figures that the un hrc, the figures that im following have quoted 2.8 million have fled since the 24th of february, half of those...

Many, but some want to come to the u.k. >> indeed. and theyre finding it very, very difficult. theres this u.k. visa center thats been set up on the polish ukrainian border where people are stuck outside in freezing temperatures. >> for three hours. >> for three hours. and people with a u.k. link can come to the u.k. to have a family member here and we now know military personnel are going out there to try to speed things up. the reason this is so slow is because the u.k. is insisting for bio me...

The ambassador to the uk from ukraine were speaking to a committee of mps specifically about refugee policy for people fleeing the region. he stressed that people coming to the uk did not want to be a burden here. they were highly skilled. he actually said he did not expect the numbers to be that high and he also stressed that he does not expect refugees coming to the uk to ultimately become rooted here. he said they are needed back home and this is over to help rebuild the country. he said that...

Intelligence agencies who are providing regular threat assessments, the attacks on salisbury showed what we did is willing to do on our soil and demonstrated that a small number of people with evil intentions can do. this morning i received assurances which enabled me to announce changes to the ukrainian families scheme. based on the new advice i have received i am now in a position to announce that vital security checks will continue on all cases. from tuesday i can announce that ukrainians wit...

To your personal home? >> one of the reasons why we are operating the system, in the way that we, our is for that reason. we absolutely need to make sure that, first of, all the people in ukraine are who they say they are. there needs to be some security checks. -- ski being exploited by criminal elements. thats the first thing. the second thing, we need to make sure that people here are who -- are in a position to provide that support. which is why they need to be security checks to make sure t...

Very, very difficult for people who are applying for family reunion, who are trying to come here through the family visa, who still have to upload a whole series of documents that often they dont have, proving family connection, proving their own identities and so on, its more complicated when you get to the community sponsorship scheme, because they have to go through that process before they can even start the next stage of the process, which is being matched with a sponsor. but, lisa, right n...