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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lottie Kilraine

Asylum delays force Ukraine refugees to ‘return to war zone out of desperation’

AP

Ukrainian families are “returning to the war zone out of desperation” due to asylum delays, a British businessman who flew out to help those fleeing the Russian invasion has said.

Andrew Murray, who works in technology and travelled from north-east Scotland to Lviv in western Ukraine, criticised the UK Government for making its asylum process “deliberately difficult”.

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