Lisa Nandy seeks urgent meeting with Foreign Office over Covid-19 repatriations
by Lisa O'Carroll and Nimra Shahid from Science | The Guardian on (#51ZRT)
Shadow foreign secretary wants to know why thousands remain stranded a fortnight after 75m rescue mission was announced
The shadow foreign secretary, Lisa Nandy, is demanding an immediate meeting with the head of the Foreign Office as thousands of British nationals remain stranded abroad two weeks after Dominic Raab unveiled his 75m coronavirus rescue mission.
Nandy's office has let the foreign secretary know they are seeking a meeting with the permanent secretary "as an absolute matter of urgency", a spokesman said after a conference call with 70 MPs and staff to discuss the continuing repatriation crisis.
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