More than 20,000 people who have fled the Ukraine war are waiting for decisions from the Home Office on their applications to join family members in Britain, new figures show.
The UK’s minister for refugees admitted that he was “not happy” with the speed at which applications were being processed under the Ukraine family scheme, which launched a fortnight ago, after it emerged that 6,500 visas have been issued out of the 27,000 applications submitted.
