http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/37945
Responsible department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The future of vital recuperative
holidays for children living with the after effects of the Chernobyl
disaster is threatened because the FCO has announced that gratis visas
for Chernobyl Children will end in March 2013.
The UK will be only government in the EU to start charging. All
others grant gratis visas as they acknowledge the important work done
helping children living with the after effects of radiation by boosting
their immune systems & improving their health.
This would add £86 per child to the cost of bringing them to the UK,
placing a heavy burden on charities already struggling to raise funds.
Consequently this will result in either less children coming to the UK
for recuperative breaks or the closure of smaller charities.
Many MPs support us, having met these children in their
constituencies. Government departments also support our work as does the
PM. Now they must prove it by withdrawing plans to charge for these
vital visas.
Victor Mizzi MBE & Linda Walker MBE
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