Z Priti Ptél viśs or stypid? It’s a fîn lîn fr Ycreńn refyjīz
(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 10 March 2022)
Ɖ homsecṛtri’s mix v incompitns n cruwlti hz cm t ɖ fōr in ɖs wor
Jon Crês, Ʈrzde 10 Marć 2022
Y cn onli imajin ɖ compṛmat ɖt Priti Ptél mst hv on ɖ prîm̦inistr. Az inṭnaśnl-dveḷpmnt secṛtri in T’rīza Me’z guvnmnt, ś hd bn sact fr gwñ rog wɖ hr ǒn foṛn poḷsi. Hr flît bac t ɖ YC fṛm Ceńa hd bn tráct evri bit az closli az ɖoz md bî Ruśn oligarcs tde. Ɖt wd hv bn ɖ end v ɖer c’rir fr most poḷtiśnz. Bt nt Priti Vecnt. Ẃn Boris Jonsn bcem prîm̦inistr, h pṛmotd hr t homsecṛtri.
Ɖen cem ɖ inqîri ɖt faund Ptél gilti v brecñ ɖ miṇstirịl cod fr bŭliyñ staf. Ɖt agn śd hv bn inuf fr instnt dsmisl. Instd Ɖ Suspect ordrd colīgz t pṛtct “Ɖ Pritstr” at ol costs. N so ś svîvd; t bumbl on wɖ hr caṛcṭristic mix v incompitns n viśsnis. No mor so ɖn jrñ ɖ cuṛnt wor in Ycren.
Ẃl most uɖr guvnmnt dpartmnts hv upt ɖer gem ovr ɖ past wīcs, ɖ Hom Ofis hz bn a naśnl imbaṛsmnt. Ẃl uɖr Yṛpiyn cuntriz hv opnd ɖer bordrz t welcm refyjīz, ɖ YC wnt ǎt v its we t mc it olmst imposbl fr eni Ycreńnz t rīć ɖs cuntri: fṛm nt dsclozñ ẃr most v ɖ vīẓapḷceśn sntrz wr sićuetd t mcñ śr ɖoz ɖt wr advtîzd wr clozd. Cy hundṛdz v refyjīz biyñ snt on pôntlis jrniz fṛm Calais t Lille t Paris. N bac.
Nn v ɖs hz gn dǎn wel wɖ MPz on îɖr sîd v ɖ hǎs. On Munde, Vecnt hd manijd t gv ɖ Comnz ɖ roñ inḟmeśn abt ẃć vīẓapḷceśn sntrz wr opn n ẃr ɖe wr – wn heẓtets t se ś laid, az ś’z jenyinli stypid inuf nt t b acrs ɖ fînr dītelz v ẃt hr dpartmnt z p t.
Ɖ folowñ de, ś hd gn awol jrñ an rjnt qsćn abt ɖ Hom Ofis’z mshanḍlñ v ɖ refyjīcrîsis n let a jūńr iṃgreśnministr tec ɖ hit instd. Nt ɖt Cevin Fostr sīmd t mînd. H wnt on Twitr t se ɖt refyjīz cd olwz tec advantij v ɖ sīẓnl-agṛculćṛl-wrcrz scīm. Bcz picñ frūt wd hlp tec ɖer mînd of ɖ wor.
On Ʈrzde, Ptél dd boɖr t cm t ɖ Comnz in prsn t ansr yt anɖr rjnt qsćn on refyjīz. Partli bcz ś nīdd t ri’śur Tori MPz ɖt ś hd at līst sm îdīa ẃt wz gwñ on; partli bcz ɖs tîm ś acć̣li hd smʈñ ny t se.
Ɖo ś dd lc iniṣ́li a bit bwildrd. Ś wz undr ɖ impreśn – az most v s hd bn – ɖt hr sol rǒl wz t win fevr wɖ ɖ Tori rît bî biyñ bīstli t foṛnrz; smʈñ at ẃć ś xelz. Vecnt cd’nt qt gt hr hed arnd ɖ fact ɖt ol v a sudn evri Tori bac-bnćr – wɖ ɖ xpśn v Edẉd Li n Dańl Kawczynski – hd gn soft on refyjīz.
Bt Ptél gaɖrd hrslf n plaud on wɖ ɖ script. T mc ʈñz īzịr, refyjīz wɖ Ycreńn pasports n faṃli in ɖ YC wd nǎ b alaud t aplî fr ɖer vīzaz onlîn. Qt hǎ ɖs wd wrc fr refyjīz huz pasports wr lost or misñ in ɖ ceos v wor, ś dd’nt se. Nr hǎ ppl wɖt deṭroumñ on ɖer fonz wd manij t uplod ɖer vīẓapḷceśnz. Īvn asymñ ɖe cd stl manij t ćarj ɖer fonz.
In eni ces, nn v ɖs cd start untl nxt Tyzde az ɖ Hom Ofis nīdd t enśur ol nesṣri s’kṛtimeźrz wr in ples. Ɖo, gvn ɖt ɖ Ruśnz hd bn planñ ɖ inveźn fr munʈs, y’d hv ʈt ɖe hd ol ɖ spîz ɖe wontd in ples in ɖ YC wɖt trayñ t pas a fy of az Ycreńn refyjīz.
Ɖs wz a start, sd Ivét Cūpr, ɖ śado homsecṛtri. Bt ẃ hd it tecn yt anɖr rjnt qsćn t śem Ptél intu ax́n at ɖ dspaćbox? N ẃ wz ɖr stl no clir hymaṇterịn paʈwe fr refyjīz wɖt imīɉt faṃli in ɖ YC? Fr rīznz bst noun t hrslf, Cūpr wnt alñ wɖ ɖ s’kṛtireṭric. Olmst az f Lebr wz teṛfaid v biyñ sìn t b wìc on iṃgreśn. Īvn ɖo evri uɖr cuntri in Yṛp wz tecñ unliṃtd numbrz v refyjīz wɖt vīzaz. N īvn ɖo ɖ mjoṛti v ppl in ɖ YC r in fevr v ɖs cuntri dwñ ɖ sem. Lebr’z rspons z t b a bit nîsr ɖn ɖ Tōriz, bt nt tù mć.
Vecnt, hvr, wz a modl v inḍgneśn. Contrri t apiṛnsz, ś hd’nt bn dragd t ɖ Comnz. Ś hd bn gagñ t b asct. It’s jst ɖt ś wz a litl śî n dd’nt wont t apir tù pśi. Ptél: ɖ modl v moḍsti. N ɖ Tōriz hd a “wrld-bìtñ” record on refyjīz. Ɖs wn agn. No matr hǎ ofn ś n Boris rpit it, it dz’nt mc it tru. Ɖ YC me scor wel in ɖ naro band v “rīsetld refyjīz”, bt on refyjīz in jenṛl, w’r hoplis. In pṛporśn t popyleśnsîz, w bérli mc ɖ top 20 v ɖ most welcmñ Yṛpiyn cuntriz.
Ɖen cem ɖ momnt ɖt – tmprṛli at līst – sîḷnst ɖ intîr ćembr. Ɖ vīzaz n ɖ byrocṛsi wr acć̣li dwñ ɖ refyjīz a fevr, Ptél cntinyd. Bcz f w hd an opn-bordr poḷsi n let in az mni az wontd t cm, ɖen w’d hv a Windruś sićueśn ẃr ppl cd’nt pruv ɖe hd līv t rmen.
Ɖs wz Vecnt at îɖr hr most viśs or hr most stypid. Bcz it wz’nt ɖ lac v peprwrc ɖt wz ɖ probḷm fr ɖ Windruś jeṇreśn; it wz ɖ hostîl invîrnmnt ɖt sòt t dport ppl hu wr līġli intîtld t b hir – ɖ lac v fl peprwrc wz jst a mīnz t ɖt end. A hostîl-invîrnmnt poḷsi dremt p bî T’rīza Me in 2012 n sleviśli psyd bî Ptél a deced lêtr.
Most MPz wr in a fgivñ mūd, ɖo. Redi t cngrać̣let Ptél on hr bebisteps twdz hymaṇti, rɖr ɖn t casṭget hr fr ɖ ol tù obvịs śortcumñz in hr planz. Ɖr agn, ɖr wz evri ćans ɖt ɖ hom secṛtri wd b bac in ɖ Comnz t xplen anɖr poḷsi dzastr in ɖ cmñ wīcs. Tîm wz on ɖer sîd. F nt on ɖ sîd v ɖoz fliyñ ɖ wor.
