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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

‘I never met my son – now he’s stranded in a warzone’: The family hit by visa delays

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A Sudanese refugee who has never met his own son is among more than 11,000 people separated from their families because of Home Office visa delays.

Ummar* applied for his wife and son to be brought to safety in the UK under the family reunion scheme last September, but they remain trapped in Sudan amid a conflict that has already killed his nephew.

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