A woman in Sheffield said her Ukrainian refugee family were asked if they are terrorists in their visa applications.
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A bit boy fleeing Ukraine was requested if he was a terrorist when making use of to return to the UK for security, his British relative claims.
Emily Radford, 39, lives along with her Ukrainian-born spouse, who doesn't wish to be named, in Sheffield.
Emily’s spouse has had British citizenship since 2011 however lots of her relations nonetheless dwell in Ukraine.
Her cousin and their 4 kids had been pressured to flee Kyiv on March 11, making them one of many 4 million individuals who have left their properties in the hunt for security for the reason that battle started on February 24.
Emily went to fetch her family and took them to Poland the place they've stayed in a number of hostels for greater than three weeks whereas they wait for his or her purposes to the Ukraine Household Scheme to be permitted.
However the entire course of has been utterly ‘dehumanising’ for them, Emily claimed.
The civil servant stated: ‘It is a visa programme, nevertheless it’s a visa programme in response to a humanitarian disaster.
‘Three weeks for the household visa – these are individuals with connections… there may be even a member of the family who has gone to fetch them. It’s insane to me.
A woman in Sheffield said her Ukrainian refugee family were asked if they are terrorists in their visa applications.
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‘They’ve handled what are primarily girls and kids as threats first somewhat than individuals to assist.’
Emily stated even her cousin-in-law’s youngest son – one among 4 kids aged 4, eight, 12 and 17 – was requested if he was a terrorist.
She stated: ‘Why are you asking these questions? It ought to actually simply be: “Are you a baby? Who's your mum? Okay, we’ll kind you out whenever you’re right here and we will have questions with you then if we have to.”‘
Emily went on to say how upset she was to listen to that her household thought the Polish individuals ‘had been fantastic’ however British forms made them really feel ‘horrible’.
‘That was actually exhausting for me to listen to as a British particular person,’ she stated.
A woman in Sheffield said her Ukrainian refugee family were asked if they are terrorists in their visa applications."/>
The final three weeks have been troublesome for the household, being ‘bounced from lodging to lodging, not figuring out how lengthy they'll be there’.
There are different ‘easy points like the children not having something to do whereas everyone seems to be staying in a single room’.
‘They’re fairly sick of one another. I believe it’s simply so exhausting for us Brits to think about,’ Emily stated.
The household had their purposes permitted on Wednesday and they're hoping to fly to the UK right now, when they'll stick with Emily and her spouse in Sheffield.
Requested for a response to Ms Radford’s claims, a Authorities spokesperson stated: ‘We're shifting as rapidly as attainable to make sure that these fleeing Ukraine can discover security within the UK by way of the Ukraine Household Scheme and Houses for Ukraine.
‘We proceed to hurry up visa processing throughout each schemes, with 25,500 visas issued within the final three weeks alone and 1000's extra anticipated to return by way of these uncapped routes.
‘Whereas we've streamlined the method, simplified our varieties and boosted case employee numbers, very important safety checks are wanted to guard our borders and the British individuals from hostile state actors from Russia who would cynically make the most of the help we're rightly offering to individuals fleeing Ukraine.’
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