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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

Charities warn against making family reunion ‘more difficult’

Charities have warned against making family reunion more difficult (Alamy/PA) -

The number of people offered family reunion visas to the UK rose by almost three quarters in a year, but charities have warned against proposals they say will make it more difficult for loved ones to reunite safely.

Some 20,592 people were offered a Refugee Family Reunion grant to the UK in the year to March, up 72% from 11,971 the previous year.

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