A Northumberland mum has slammed the 'humiliating' refugee system which she claims saw her Ukrainian family 'treated like criminals' as they fled for their lives.
For mum-of-two Alina Gallacher-Gazhur, watching the Russian invasion unfold from her home in Berwick has been terrifying, as she feared for the lives of her loved ones in her Ukrainian hometown. All she wanted was to bring her family to safety - but she claims the UK visa system made it difficult.
Alina's mum Anna, 60, niece Alexandra, nine, and her daughter-in-law Olga, 24, along with her aunt Valentina, 62, Valentina's daughter-in-law Tatiana and her daughter Sophia, three, all fled their homes in Ukraine to seek safety with Alina under the government's Ukrainian Family Scheme.
