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DISABILITY rights campaigners are urging ministers to urgently help disabled Ukrainian refugees seeking to come to Britain amid reports vulnerable people are being left behind.
There are almost three million disabled people in Ukraine, however a lack of accessible transportation is making it difficult for them to flee the Russian onslaught, according to reports.
Ukrainian refugee and wheelchair user Tanya Herasymova managed to escape to Poland last week with her mother, describing it as the “hardest night of my life.”
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
Remembering the 1787 Calton Weavers strike, MATT KERR argues that golden thread of our history needs weaving into the fabric of every community in the land
LYNNE WALSH reports from the Women’s Declaration International conference on feminist struggles from Britain to the Far East