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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lucy Thornton

British families ready to host Ukrainian refugees call for inquiry into visa shambles

Families signed up to Homes for Ukraine who are still waiting for refugees to get permission to travel to the UK want a public inquiry into the visa shambles.

Mental health nurse Lauren Corbishley, 43, of Dawlish, Devon, started a petition after fighting for four weeks to get a traumatised family safely to the UK.

They finally arrived last week, but hundreds of others are still waiting for their permission. A list of 390 families awaiting visas, compiled by Lauren, was handed in to the Home Office on Monday.

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