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Collected Item: “The can-do vaccine spirit must be applied to refugees”

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The can-do vaccine spirit must be applied to refugees

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This is a news story written by The Sunday Times (cannot find author). The Sunday Times is a British paper and this is detailing the contrast between the generosity of the British citizens towards Ukrainian refugees, but the lack of care from the British federal government. It says that over 200,000 people and organizations have registered to sponsor refugees in the Homes for Ukraine scheme. The overall story is not about the vaccines themselves, but the author is wishing for the can-do attitude of distributing vaccines in the UK to be applied to the refugees. Of the visas applied by refugees, for families, 32,300 applied for a scholarship, but only 4,700 were issued. I think that during the pandemic, the author that wrote this got more used to the government being lenient in helping, but now when faced with a refugee crisis, lacks that same helpful spirit.

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Ukraine, United Kingdom, war, refugee, vaccine, federal government, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, The Sunday Time, HST580, ASU, generosity

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-can-do-vaccine-spirit-must-be-applied-to-refugees-2w93fj35x

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The Sunday Times

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2022-04-03
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