The UK’s visa scheme is “taking so long” while Ukrainian families wait in conditions where an hour “feels like a week”, a couple offering their home to refugees has said (PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)When my partner Maria and I arrived in Poland we were exhausted — mentally, physically, and emotionally - but we were safe. We escaped Ukraine for Britain but, in the grand scheme of things, we’re amongst the few who have that option. I’m British, Maria is Ukrainian. Ironically, we left the safety and comfort of Gdansk in Northern Poland the day before the full invasion to return to Maria’s home in Kyiv. Maria had insisted that following Putin’s speech and claim of independence for the LPR and DPR that things wouldn’t escalate further.
The Polish people in Medyka generously not only fed and watered us but provided us with free transport as we made our way to the British Embassy in Warsaw. Here was where we would finally get an update on Maria’s visa application to the UK.
