Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Humanitarian workers in ukraine are preparing to welcome around 100 people who were allowed to leave a Steelworks Plant in the eastern besieged city of mariupol. Theyre expected to arrive in the nearby city of zaporizhzhia today, and there are hopes that more will be freed later. The Un Refugee Agency has confirmed that more than 5. 5 Million People have now fled ukraine. Tim muffett has the latest developments. Daylight at last. After weeks in a maze of underground tunnels. Its thought around 1,000 civilians have been hiding beneath the Azovstal Steel Plant in mariupol, sheltering from russian bombardment. Supplies had been cut off. Conditions were desperate. Yesterday, around 100 were evacuated. This child is six months old. Hes spent nearly half of his life underground. Translation i cant believe it. Two months of darkness. When we were in the bus, i told my husband, we wont have to go to the toilet with a torch and use a bag as a loo. The opera
Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Humanitarian workers in ukraine are preparing to welcome about 100 people who were allowed to leave the steelworks plant in the besieged city of mariupol. Theyre expected to arrive in the nearby city of zaporizhzhia today, and there are hopes that more will be freed later. The Un Refugee Agency says more than 5. 5 Million People have now fled ukraine. Tim muffett has the latest developments. Daylight at last, after weeks in a maze of underground tunnels. Its thought around 1,000 civilians have been hiding beneath the Azovstal Steel Plant in mariupol, sheltering from russian bombardment. Supplies had been cut off. Conditions were desperate. Yesterday, around 100 were evacuated. This child is six months old. Hes spent nearly half of his life underground. Translation i cant believe it. Two months of darkness. When we were in the bus, i told my husband, we wont have to go to the toilet with a torch and use a bag as a loo.
Has managed to cross. As for the deal itself, i think it is an extraordinarily reckless, foolish, and indeed undermining decision of the government. Undermining of the whole International System on protecting refugees. It is essentially this country trying to wash its hands of responsibility is rather than addressing the needs of refugees. That ultimately isnt going to help crack down on smugglers, it isnt going to address the disproportionate situation of refugee needs elsewhere in the world compared to here, or even as compared to here with us and france. The government says its policy is about cracking down on single men who are making the crossing. They say a vast majority of those are not seeking asylum through the proper channels, and therefore this policy would address that, and they also say its about cracking down on people smugglers. But you are saying this policy doesnt address that in any shape orform . It doesnt address anything that you have said. The Central Point here i