Falkirk stands able to assist the folks of Ukraine, councillors have agreed as they referred to as for an instantaneous lifting of visa necessities to allow refugees to enter the UK.
Councillors additionally counseled the efforts of communities throughout Falkirk District who've already begun to gather donations of important objects to ship to those that have been affected by the battle.
An emergency movement was proposed at present by Council chief Cecil Meiklejohn with the assist of all events exhibiting solidarity with Ukraine.
It acknowledged: “We condemn the actions taken by Vladimir Putin and his authorities, within the unprovoked act of battle unleashed on the sovereign nation of Ukraine, giving rise to darkish days forward for the folks of Ukraine, but additionally perilous occasions for Europe and the remainder of the world.
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“We in Falkirk stand collectively and ship a transparent message to the folks of Ukraine, together with those that have already made Scotland or elsewhere within the UK, their dwelling.
“It's crucial that the worldwide neighborhood stands united in solidarity with continued decisive sanctions imposed on Putin’s harmful regime, to discourage additional aggressive actions, and to obviously display that the plan of action they've chosen will convey with it important destructive penalties.
“All events should additionally proceed to press for a diplomatic resolution that brings this invasion to an finish as shortly, and with as little struggling, as doable.
“We additional name for the UK Authorities to urgently implement measures to permit any Ukrainian refugee who needs to come back to the UK to hunt sanctuary, the best to take action.
“There must be an instantaneous lifting of visa necessities to allow refugees to enter the UK mirroring the strategy different international locations are taking.
“Falkirk stands able to assist this, as we do for all refugees fleeing, battle, persecution and terror, throughout the globe.”
Through the brief debate, SNP Councillor Lorna Binnie additionally spoke movingly of how she is the daughter of a Polish refugee who got here to Scotland after the Second World Struggle and made a house right here.
She stated: “He suffered many hardships just like the Ukrainian folks at present who're being displaced and enduring all these hardships as soon as once more.
“Many lives as we all know are being misplaced all for management by Vladimir Putin and his autocratic authorities.
“It’s necessary to say that it’s not the peculiar folks of Russia who're inflicting this horrible battle and inflicting all this pointless loss of life and struggling.”
“My coronary heart goes out to the courageous, resilient folks of Ukraine and I thank my father’s nation for taking lots of the displaced folks.”