A Leeds student helping bring Ukrainian relatives to the country has claimed that UK Government staff unfamiliar with new rules have derailed their journey.
Volodymyr Chapman, 27, travelled to Poland to help bring his cousin Yulii Volovnikova, 24, to England after she fled Ukraine due to the Russian invasion. The two ran into issues when they brought birth certificates to the UK Government centre in Rzeszow, southern Poland, on Tuesday to be scanned to begin the process of bringing Yulii to stay with her aunt and uncle in Suffolk.
Volodymyr, who is doing a PhD at Leeds University, claimed UK Government staff were not familiar with new rules introduced on Monday - although he said civil servants were trying their hardest to help.
