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Craig Robertson & Iona Young

Ukrainian child wins visa fight to Scotland after guinea pigs approved but she wasn't

A Ukrainian child refugee has won her right to come to Scotland in a groundbreaking change of visa rules.

Nataliia Zavhorodnia, 15, found herself in the bizarre situation where her two guinea pigs had been approved for travel but her case was held up by the Home Office.

Despite travelling with her aunt, she was classed as an “unaccompanied child” as she’d left her parents behind in the war zone - making her ineligible for a visa under current laws.

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