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Migrants wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, board an airplane bound for Britain at the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens
DOZENS of refugees have been reunited with their families in Britain after boarding a rescue flight from Greece this morning.
The 47 people on board, including 16 unaccompanied minors, had been stranded in squalid refugee camps on the Greek islands for many months.
They had been due to come to Britain in mid-March under an EU regulation that allows family reunifications if a close relative is already in the country, but their flight was cancelled due the coronavirus lockdown.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
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