‘Relieved’ London couple back home after long wait for baby’s passport in Ukraine

Ben Garratt and his wife were in Ukraine to oversee paperwork after the surrogate birth of their baby, Raphael (Ben Garratt/PA)

A London couple who lived in Kiev for seven weeks while waiting for a passport for their Ukraine-born baby has said it is a “huge relief” to be home in north London.

Ben and Alice Garratt waited nearly two months for Raphael’s travel documentation, becoming increasingly concerned when Foreign Office travel advice urged Britons to leave the country immediately amid the prospect of a Russian invasion.