“Boris Johnson, please, show some humanity," the man, who experienced the devastation of the Second World War as a child, said.

Pushed by Marr to admit it’s harder to sell fish to the rest of Europe now because of Brexit, Rees-Mogg said: “Well, I mean you’re quite right, there were some teething troubles with some scallops and so on but actually that varies considerably.”

The vacation rental company said around 14,000 European hosts and 4,000 US ones offered to receive Ukrainians.

“Perhaps it's not a good idea for Richard Madeley to start talking about the war going nuclear to that poor woman hiding in her basement with her three children in Kiev?," one Twitter user said.

"For many it doesn’t mean much. But this photograph says something entirely different," the district mayor said.

"Why are the homeless and veterans only ever mentioned when they’re used as an excuse not to help other groups," wrote one person in response.

But the Ukrainian women gave the perfect response to the Sky News presenter, by sending their thanks to Ireland.

Poland has taken in the highest number of people, fast approaching two million, whilst Romania has received almost half a million.

She said Ukrainians cannot “get onto Instagram and advertise themselves in the hope that a British family might notice them”.