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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lottie Kilraine

UK’s visa scheme painfully slow, says Briton offering home to five Ukrainians

A British host offering his home to a family of five Ukrainians has accused the Government of making its visa scheme “as difficult as possible” for those who are “desperate to help”.

Neil Adams, 54, has offered his house in Wigan, Manchester, to a husband, wife and their children after they were forced to flee their home in Berdychiv, in the Zhytomyrska region of northern Ukraine.

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