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Home Office refuses to reveal Russians given golden visas for ‘data protection reasons’

The fast-track visas were available to people who invested millions of pounds in the UK

The Independent UK

Scottish husband finally reunites with wife after she became stuck in Ukraine

The pair were able to reconnect this week following the nightmare ordeal which saw Natalya have to travel from Scotland to Ukraine in order to have a spousal visa granted.

Edinburgh Live

Scot in emotional reunion with wife after she was sent to Ukraine just days before invasion

Peter and wife Natalya now finalising visa to get home to Aberdeenshire after Home Office disastrously advised Natalya to head to Ukraine to get a spouse visa - just days before Putin's Russia invaded

Daily Record

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Home Office helpline for Ukraine refugees manned by advisers who ‘know nothing’ about new scheme

Helpline advisers say they ‘haven’t been briefed’ about refugee scheme so cannot assist, say Ukrainians

The Independent UK

Roman Abramovich accused of 'association with corrupt activity' as Starmer urges sanctions

Labour leader Keir Starmer asked "why on earth" Roman Abramovich has not been sanctioned, saying: "He’s a person of interest to the Home Office because of his links to the Russian state and his public association with corrupt activity and practices"

Daily Mirror

Scottish man desperate to reunite with Ukrainian wife as she fights to get out

Peter Fisher has travelled to Budapest to try and reuinte with his wife Natalya after she was forced to travel to Ukraine in order to be granted a spousal visa in the UK.

Edinburgh Live

‘We feel powerless’: The Ukrainian refugees unable to join loved ones in Britain under Home Office scheme

‘We have a warm house for them. We love them. Why should they be somewhere else?’ asks Tetiana Bykova, Ukrainian who is unable to bring her cousin’s wife and three-year-old to live with her in Glasgow

The Independent UK

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Scot hopes to reunite with wife battling to escape Ukraine as she crosses border

Natalya Fisher, 38, became trapped in the Ukraine after she was told by the Home Office to go there to sort out a visa wrangle - just two days before Russia invaded.

Daily Record

‘Significant questions remain’ over UK offer to Ukrainian refugees as loved ones still unable to reunite

Ministers warned of ‘gaps and delays in system’ and urged to go further by waiving visas for Ukrainians

The Independent UK

Wife of Scot told to go to Ukraine to solve visa wrangle now trapped and battling to escape

Frantic husband Peter awaits news in Aberdeenshire after Natalya got trapped in her war torn homeland when Home Office told her to return two days before invasion.

Daily Record

Bristol 'stands ready' to welcome Ukrainian refugees as MP says visa changes are 'immoral'

"Bristol, as always, will be ready to play its part."

Bristol Post

Home Office sent family back to Afghanistan a week before Kabul fell

Exclusive: Ministers accused of ‘unforgiveable mistake’ after family of five flown back to Afghanistan days before Taliban takeover

The Independent UK

Elderly cancer patient facing deportation after Home Office refuses appeal

Lewin Williams, who is originally from Jamaica, has been fighting to stay in the country while undergoing chemotherapy since his original application was rejected in 2019.

Daily Record

Truss warns of ‘some economic hardship’ as she gives more detail of Russian sanctions – as it happened

Truss says officials ‘working through the night’ to draw up sanctions against oligarchs; Kwasi Kwarteng in Commons on economic crime bill

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The Independent UK

UK pledge to take Ukrainian refugees with family in Britain excludes siblings, adult children and parents

Ministers accused of putting ‘plaster on open wound’ with ‘shameful’ response

Edinburgh Live

Nicola Sturgeon says Home Office should scrap visa requirements for fleeing Ukrainians

Nicola Sturgeon has made the call for the Home Office to scrap visa requirements for Ukrainians fleeing conflict with Russia. The call came on the same day that people filled Scottish streets to show solidarity with the Eastern European nation.

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon calls on Home Office to lift Ukraine visa rules ‘immediately’

The First Minister’s comments come as thousands of people took to the streets of Scotland over the weekend to stand in solidarity with Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

What are the visa rules for Ukrainians wishing to come to UK?

A look at the British immigration requirements for people fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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The Guardian - UK

Changes to UK visa rules for Ukrainians called ‘shameful’ by Labour

Many close relatives in Ukraine of British nationals do not meet criteria for entry despite No 10 promises

Wales Online

Tory MP criticised for 'suggesting Ukrainians fleeing war can apply to pick fruit and veg in the UK' in deleted tweet

The tweet came from MP Kevin Foster, a migration minister under Priti Patel at the Home Office, but the Government has said since that it's 'simply untrue'

Daily Mirror

Minister says fleeing Ukrainians can apply to pick fruit and veg in UK in deleted tweet

Kevin Foster, a migration minister under Priti Patel at the Home Office, said there were a 'number of routes' for Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion

The Independent UK

Tory MP suggests Ukrainians fleeing Russian invasion should apply for UK’s seasonal work visas

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon criticises now-deleted tweet, saying ‘I hope this is not a Home Office position’

Daily Mirror

Firm paid to deport migrants apologises after staff send racist WhatsApp texts

Mitie CEO Phil Bentley admitted his outfit 'let down the Home Office' after staff traded sick texts on WhatsApp. Mr Bentley vowed to MPs he would 'cut out the cancer' of racism

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry's offer to pay security bill branded 'irrelevant' in Home Office legal fight

The Duke of Sussex is challenging the 2020 decision of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures and has offered to fund his own protection when he visits the UK

The Guardian - UK

Charities and opposition parties urge UK to do more for Ukrainian refugees

Lib Dems call for fully funded refugee scheme and Mark Drakeford wants Wales to be a ‘nation of sanctuary’

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