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‘A humiliating process’: Ukrainians caught in red tape trying to reach UK relatives

Visa applicants say they are struggling with bureaucracy, unclear guidance and getting stuck in expensive hotels

The Guardian - UK

Our families fled the war in Ukraine. Now they are tied up by Home Office red tape

Letters: Two readers share personal accounts of trying to get their Ukrainian families to the UK, Mark Bryant considers the feelings of a Sudanese refugee in France who is in limbo, while Robin Perutz shares the story of his refugee father

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on police reform: a national imperative

Editorial: The case for radical change has been well made and is widely accepted, but the Home Office and home secretary are incapable of delivering it

The Guardian - UK

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Ukrainian woman in UK reunited with children after husband rescues them from war zone

Home Office had originally refused permission for Tetiana Hil’s children to come to Britain

The Guardian - UK

Stranded and desperate, Ukrainian refugees wait for the Home Office reply. But it never comes

Evacuees queue for hours but still can’t get past bureaucratic chaos – and flights to Britain leave with empty seats

The Guardian - UK

Gove bids to end Ukrainian refugee chaos with £350 ‘cash for rooms’ offer

Patel humiliated after fortnight of failure, while experts warn the accommodation scheme carries risks

The Guardian - UK

The Tories claim we are worse than we are – and it’s the Ukrainians who suffer

The Home Office and hostile ministers ensure a cold welcome for those fleeing war

The Guardian - UK

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Wife of Brit fears she'll be sent back to Ukraine after failing to get spousal visa

Natalya Fisher travelled back to Ukraine following Home Office advice and, after two terrifying weeks, she has now been able to return to her home in Aberdeenshire

Daily Mirror

West Lothian woman's Ukrainian family 'in limbo' over Home Office visa decision

Olena Hutchison said she is ready to give sister Nataliia Polushvaiko, niece Daryna and nephew, Aretmiy, sanctuary at home in East Calder but a delay in processing their visa applications has left them waiting in Poland.

Edinburgh Live

Anti-stalking orders ‘fail to protect women from danger’

Slow uptake by police sees just 456 issued in first year, says Home Office report

The Guardian - UK

The Home Office is incapable of doing the right thing – even when it wants to

Anti-immigrant hostility runs through the department, as desperate Ukrainians are now finding out to their cost, says the author Daniel Trilling

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine: Boris Johnson ‘halted Home Office plans to expand refugee offer’

Priti Patel suggested setting up ‘humanitarian route’ for those fleeing war

The Independent UK

Wife of Scot finally back from hell after two terrifying weeks in Ukraine seeking a visa

Natalya Fisher, who lives in Boddam with husband Peter, was sent back to Ukraine by the Home Office to apply for the document just days before Russia began the war.

Daily Record

Prince Harry to miss Prince Philip’s memorial service but hopes to visit Queen ‘soon’

Decision comes amid royal’s ongoing legal battle with Home Office over his UK police protection

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‘Still major gaps’ in Ukraine visa scheme despite Home Office U-turn

Experts warn refugees will still have to go through ‘confusing’ online process and may face long delays

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel’s career under scrutiny over handling of Ukraine crisis

Analysis: Home secretary has reason to fear cabinet reshuffle – but many blame wider Home Office issues

The Guardian - UK

‘We just want to be safe’: visa waits and frustration of Ukrainians in Calais

Refugees describe bureaucratic hurdles and uncertainty after exhausting journeys across Europe

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel uses the Windrush scandal to defend her shambolic Ukraine refugee policy

The Home Secretary said the crisis of the Home Office threatening people with enforcement showed how important it was to have proper documents. Despite the fact the landing cards were destroyed by the government

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Daily Mirror

Inside time-warp mansion where woman was killed in 'most vicious murder of century'

A Home Office pathologist called the death of Alice Wiltshaw the most vicious murder of the century. The 62-year-old was killed in her own home with her killer later hanged

Daily Mirror

Ukraine refugees can apply for visas online in Tory climbdown - but not until next week

Home Secretary Priti Patel confirmed the new streamlined approach will not take effect until Tuesday. Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper questioned why it has taken so long for the Home Office to implement this improved version

The Independent UK

Ukrainian refugees with passports will be able to apply for UK family visa online in Home Office U-turn

Changes to scheme welcomed but warnings there are ‘still major gaps’ in the UK’s support for Ukrainians

The Guardian - UK

UK troops to help process refugees in Poland – but not France

Armed forces minister says Poland is ‘busiest of the visa application centres by some margin’

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Boris Johnson says he fears Putin may use chemical weapons in Ukraine – as it happened

PM says Russian claims about enemies getting ready to use chemical weapons echoes what happened before the use of chemical weapons in Syria

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson news - live: Seven oligarchs sanctioned by UK amid Home Office visa U-turn

‘Blood of Ukrainian people is on their hands’, says Truss

The Independent UK

‘Mean-spirited’ UK under growing pressure to waive visas for Ukrainian refugees

Government accused of ‘lagging behind’ other European countries in response to refugee crisis

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