Pregnant woman and child stranded in Sudan due to Home Office delays, says husband

The man, who works as a carer in Wolverhampton, is trying to get his wife, who is nine months pregnant, and daughter, three, out of the conflict zone. Photograph: Supplied

The Home Office has been accused of putting the lives of a heavily pregnant woman and her three-year-old daughter at risk as they remain stranded in Sudan while waiting for a UK visa.

The family have been waiting more than a year for their documents to be issued, with the mother, who is almost nine months pregnant, trying to shield her daughter from the violence on the streets of Khartoum, the capital.