A couple whose son fled Ukraine after the invasion by Russian troops have made a desperate appeal to the Home Office to allow him to come and live with them in Dumfries.
Sareb Meslmani and Abdul Majeed Hijazi are fighting to overturn a decision to reject 23-year-old Naeem’s visa application.
The pair have lived in the town for more than three years after leaving their home in Syria as civil war spread through the country.