{"id":125897,"date":"2022-03-09T07:41:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T07:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=125897"},"modified":"2022-03-09T07:41:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T07:41:03","slug":"he-told-me-grant-shapps-exposes-extraordinary-zelensky-refugee-request-to-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/he-told-me-grant-shapps-exposes-extraordinary-zelensky-refugee-request-to-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He told me!&#8217; Grant Shapps exposes extraordinary Zelensky refugee request to UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Ukraine: Raab defends UK&#039;s policy on welcoming refugees<\/h3>\n<p>We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you&#8217;ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n<p>Grant Shapps appeared on Sky News to answer for the Government&#8217;s slow uptake in Ukrainian refugees and said 760 visas have now been approved. But the Transport Secretary was grilled over the reports of refugees being turned away at Calais as they needed to fill out security forms in embassies many miles away and Home Secretary Priti Patel confusingly stating a Calais centre would be over 70 miles away in Lille. When asked why the process was so disorganised and difficult for Ukrainians, Mr Shapps made the claim, but provided no evidence, that President Zelensky had personally told him and others that he did not want Ukrainians to go far away as he wanted them to resettle back into Ukraine after the conflict was over.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>MORE TO FOLLOW&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/theme\/Mobile\/img\/page\/placeholder-horizontal.gif\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/Grant-Shapps-1577725.jpg?r=1646811528038\"><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/1577725\/grant-shapps-Volodymyr-zelensky-ukraine-refugee-uk-visa-russia-settlement-latest-vn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine: Raab defends UK&#039;s policy on welcoming refugees We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you&#8217;ve consented to and to improve our understanding [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;He told me!&#039; Grant Shapps exposes extraordinary Zelensky refugee request to UK - Fin2me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/he-told-me-grant-shapps-exposes-extraordinary-zelensky-refugee-request-to-uk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;He told me!&#039; Grant Shapps exposes extraordinary Zelensky refugee request to UK - Fin2me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ukraine: Raab defends UK&#039;s policy on welcoming refugees We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you&#8217;ve consented to and to improve our understanding [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/he-told-me-grant-shapps-exposes-extraordinary-zelensky-refugee-request-to-uk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fin2me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-09T07:41:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/He-told-me-Grant-Shapps-exposes-extraordinary-Zelensky-refugee-request-to-UK.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/he-told-me-grant-shapps-exposes-extraordinary-zelensky-refugee-request-to-uk\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/he-told-me-grant-shapps-exposes-extraordinary-zelensky-refugee-request-to-uk\/\",\"name\":\"'He told me!' 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