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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lottie Kilraine

Briton ‘will travel to Ukraine to care for autistic teenager’ after visa issues

A British woman is considering travelling to Ukraine to care for a severely autistic teenager after the Government said he cannot come to the UK via its visa scheme because he is under 18 and unaccompanied by a parent or guardian.

Julie Elliot, 61, and her husband Roger, 66, have 14 children together – four biological and 10 adopted – and hoped to welcome 16-year-old refugee Timothy Tymoshenko.

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