Boris Johnson defends ‘generous’ record on refugees yet just 2,700 visas have been issued under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the Home Office says
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In the cold, dark basement of their bombed out apartment in Kharkiv, families huddle among the sewage pipes to keep warm. Two young girls, wearing thick coats and woolly hats, kneel in the dirt as they draw pictures of children beneath a bright yellow sun.
The children’s family are among a number of Ukrainians worried that their lives are being put at risk by the UK’s complex and lengthy visa application process.