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0:00 Introduction

1:44 UK Arch Response to Ukraine

2:35 Letters from Ukraine & Russia

8:43 Statement from Neil Redfern

12:13 Open Letter to UNESCO WHC

16:15 Problems with ‘Homes for Ukraine’

26:09 Context of Holocaust Memorial

32:39 Government ‘Unlawful’

43:37 Closing Comments

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Link of the Week:

Disasters Emergency Committee:

https://www.dec.org.uk/

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Links:

Letters: War in Europe: - Current Archaeology: May/ June 2022:

https://archaeologyuk.org/asset/12DE3F33-2F10-405C-8D6F86A90A63EFFD/

Neil Redfern Letter (photograph courtesy of a viewer) - Current Archaeology: May/ June 2022:

https://twitter.com/Archaeos0up/status/1512709194192982020

Open letter to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-letter-to-the-unesco-world-heritage-committee-7-april-2022/open-letter-to-the-unesco-world-heritage-committee

Damaged Cultural Sites in Ukraine Verified by UNESCO:

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/damaged-cultural-sites-ukraine-verified-unesco

Homes for Ukraine scheme: ‘I design Government systems for a living and it took me days’ to apply for visa:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/homes-for-ukraine-scheme-e2-80-98i-design-government-systems-for-a-living-and-it-took-me-days-e2-80-99-to-apply-for-visa/ar-AAW6teP

Ukraine war: Minister who took in refugee says friendship will 'last lifetime' - but there are issues with scheme:

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-minister-who-took-in-refugee-says-friendship-will-last-lifetime-but-there-are-issues-with-scheme-12584754

Just 1,200 Ukrainian refugees in UK homes under sponsorship scheme as 71% of applicants still waiting:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homes-for-ukraine-scheme-uk-arrivals-b2053862.html

Displaced Ukrainian students to receive free tuition in Scotland:

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