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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lottie Kilraine

Ukrainian visa delays are a ‘national embarrassment’, says British host

AP

Visa delays under the Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme is a “national disgrace and a national embarrassment”, a British host has said.

David Turner, 53, a lawyer from Farnham, Surrey, is sponsoring four Ukrainian refugees but said only one visa has been approved almost five weeks after applying to the scheme.

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