‘There are double standards here’ – Conservative Peer on visas not being offered to Gaza’s orphans

‘There are double standards here’ – Conservative Peer on visas not being offered to Gaza’s orphansWe spoke to Conservative peer and former Foreign Office adviser, Baroness Arminka Helic, herself a refugee, who’s been pushing the government to set up a Ukraine-style visa scheme for Gazans orphaned by the war.It’s a heartwarming story, just to hear how well we have worked, from both sides of the aisle.

Yesterday there was a report of ten child amputees, amputations that are done every single day and we are talking about losing one or both legs. And I think we ought to find and check our humanity and find how we can best help, in particular, because we have the expertise. And I have been working since November with a group in the UK here, Project Pure Hope, trying to bring the injured children, limited number of injured children for a limited period, so they can be helped.

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