Today is the 18th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine,
At present, more than 2.3 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries to escape the fighting.
In Ukraine, a further 1.9 million people live displaced lives.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the total number of refugees fleeing Ukraine will soar to more than 4 million, twice as many as they are now.
This is the worst refugee crisis since World War II, and it has put a lot of pressure on European countries.
Countries such as Poland, Romania, Moldova and Hungary, which are close to Ukraine, have long begun to resettle large numbers of refugees.
But over time, the acceptance capacity of various countries has gradually become saturated,
Moldova, for example, just today admitted that after the influx of 100,000 Ukrainians,
They have reached the limits of their ability to receive refugees.....
So, other European countries that are geographically farther away,
Britain, for example, has also begun to plan how to accept refugees from Ukraine.
They started the idea of a bunch of Billionaire Russian oligarchs.
Since the beginning of the war, these oligarchs, who are close to Putin, have become pieces of fat to be slaughtered.
Their yachts, planes, luxury cars, mansions, and various industries have been sanctioned by European and American countries.
In early March, The UK's Secretary for Housing, Community and Local Government, Michael Gove, said that
He will draw up a plan to seize the property of Russian oligarchs without compensation,
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Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab took the same view, advocating the confiscation of the oligarchs' british property and then using it for Ukrainian refugees to live in.
So once the plan is implemented, what kind of treatment will Ukrainians enjoy when they arrive in britain?
According to statistics and reports from the British media,
Chelsea boss, the famous oligarch Roman Abramovich, has at least 70 villas and apartments in the UK, worth more than £500 million (about 4.1 billion yuan),
One of the most valuable is his mansion next to Kensington Palace, which alone is worth 150 million pounds (about 1.24 billion yuan) and has 15 bedrooms.
He also has an apartment on the top floor of Chelsea's Waterfront Tower, which he bought in 2018 for £30 million( about $250 million).
RUSAL boss Oleg Deripaska is also very rich,
He owns an 8-bedroom mansion in Surrey with a market value of £18 million (about 150 million yuan),
In London's Belgrave Square, Oleg also has a small, six-storey building worth £50 million (about 410 million yuan) as his temporary residence.
In Surrey, Arsenal's former shareholder, Alisher Usmanov, owns a 16th-century manor house,
In north London, he also owns an 11-acre Georgian mansion that he bought in 2008 for £48 million.
Igor Shuvalov, russia's former first deputy prime minister, owns a £11.5 million, six-bedroom apartment in the heart of London.
Just a few minutes' walk from both the Houses of Parliament and Downing Street, you can enjoy beautiful views of the River Thames from home.
On Belgrave Square, there is another small three-story building belonging to the Russian oligarch, worth eight million pounds (about 66 million yuan).
The British intended to confiscate all the mansions and give them to Ukrainian refugees.
If Gove and Raab's plan is really implemented,
Then once a refugee comes to the UK, it is no different from coming to paradise....
Anyway, these mansions, which are worth tens of millions of dollars, have always been uninhabited and vacant.
It is better to freeze these assets and make good use of them to soothe the hearts and minds of the fleeing Ukrainian people.
Ukrainian politician, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi expressed his full support for this,
He called for Boris Johnson to freeze the bank accounts of Russian oligarchs in London, to seize their mansions, and preferably to house their people.
Andriy Sadovyi
After intense discussions in the cabinet, Gove seemed determined to carry out the plan.
Despite the obstructions it faces, opponents accuse it of being unruly and no different from a "banana republic" (a puppet state that is intervened and indirectly dominated by powerful foreign powers).
But Gove is very determined that he wants all Putin's cronies in Britain to pay the "price".
And believes that all those who oppose him are defending the oligarchs.
According to his plan, the British government will take over all property owned by sanctioned oligarchs in Britain.
As long as they are still on the sanctions list, Gove can get other ministers to open their doors to refugees.
But can this plan really be implemented smoothly, as Gove showed, to overcome all difficulties?
Netizens have diametrically opposed opinions:
"The plan that Michael Gove envisioned to house refugees in oligarch mansions, no, I repeat, will not come true.
But does that make him sound more like an authoritative leader?!! ”
"Don't you understand? He and the rest of the Conservative Party simply did not want to do so. He just makes a statement so that people can agree with him and believe that he is a good person.
Having so many people eating this set really scares me a little. ”
"Sooner or later, this set of 'seizure of oligarchs' rhetoric will have a disastrous reaction, and the oligarchs only need to go to the court to get everything back, plus compensation."
Even a barely competent lawyer can easily conclude that such an approach is unconstitutional. Even if the Courts of England say no, the courts of Europe will do so. There is no legal concept of 'sitting together' or 'guilty because of the country of birth'.
This is a PR gimmick that hasn't gone through the brain much. ”
So, if the oligarchy is unreliable,
In the end, the acceptance of refugees depends on the British people to contribute.
In fact, the United Kingdom has also launched a program called "Homes for Ukraine".
From Monday, British citizens who wish to take in refugees can register on the website and apply to become "guarantors".
The Government encourages these guarantors to provide shelter for refugees for as long as possible,
Every UK family who offers free accommodation for at least 6 months will receive a "thank you money" of £350 (about 3900 yuan) per month.
No matter how many refugees they take in, it's all that much money.
And these refugees who are "sponsored" by British families can get a residence permit for three years.
During this time, they can work to earn money, apply for benefits, and enjoy public services.
But this policy has also caused a group ridicule among netizens.
After all, the subsidy of 350 pounds is really too little....
"Because all the hotels are crammed with illegal immigrants, the government is now turning to the already tight-knit populace for help and using a little money to resettle these real refugees."
"For a family, living on £350 a month is like a joke, living expenses far exceed that number, and as fuel prices rise, food is much more expensive than that."
"What about the Royal Palace, the second residence of the members of Congress, or something like that?" .... It will not be used for refugees. ”
"You can't always rent a kennel in London for refugees..."
Ironically, as the only country in Europe where refugees need a visa to enter,
10 days after the war between Russia and Ukraine, Britain issued only 50 visas to the Ukrainian people.
At the same time, the rest of Europe has provided shelter to 1.4 million refugees,
As of yesterday, the British Home Office has only issued about 1,000 visas for refugees, and if you count, there are not even 60 visas a day.
You know, on average, 150,000 Ukrainians are forced to leave their homeland every day.....
In this way, whether the British want to confiscate the property of the Russian oligarchs or let the people bear the pressure of refugees, the fight is really "good".