Scottish Greens demand more from Johnson and Patel to help Ukrainian refugees

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel have been challenged to stop “putting paperwork and bureaucracy ahead of the people’s lives” by making it easier for refugees from Ukraine to come to the UK. Let them in now Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater Speaking at the Scottish Green Party conference in Stirling, the Scottish Green co-leader was clear: “My message to Boris Johnson and Priti Patel is to stop putting paperwork and bureaucracy ahead of the people’s lives. Recalling the mass protest in Glasgow that was sparked after two Indian nationals were detained by Border Force officials in May last year, the Green said: “We can be the Scotland of Kenmure Street, not Downing Street.” She insisted: “We can build a fairer, greener and independent Scotland that stands proudly at the heart of Europe and offers safety and solidarity to refugees. “We want to welcome those who need sanctuary into our homes, but instead our doors have been slammed shut by a UK Government that is singularly failing to step up to its humanitarian responsibilities.” Her comments came as fellow Green co-leader Patrick Harvie condemned the “shocking, traumatic and frightening” attack on Ukraine by the Russian regime, which had resulted in an “humanitarian crisis on a scale like nothing we have seen for generations”.