New UK visa centre in Lille will not offer walk-in appointments

New UK visa centre in Lille will not offer walk-in appointmentsAround 1,000 people have been approved for a visa so far, PM says

Ministry of Defence called in to speed up chaotic Ukraine refugee response Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said he would offer MOD assistance to ramp up visa processing for people fleeing the Ukraine-Russia conflict
New UK visa centre in Lille will not offer walk-in appointments
Around 1,000 people have been approved for a visa so far, PM says
Visa centre for Ukraine refugees in Calais will be in Lille - 70 miles away
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss let slip the location in the House of Commons after hundreds of families arrived in the French port - only to discover they had to attend visa centres in Paris or Brussels in person
UK reserves just 100 visa appointments in a week for Ukraine refugees in France
It comes despite 1.7million people fleeing Ukraine and mounting anger over families in Calais. Overall the UK has granted just 300 Ukraine family visas in total so far