UK hosts of Ukrainian refugees hit out at horrendous' support from Home Office

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"The first people who came were a woman and her two young children who had applied for visas, she told The Independent. She was stuck in a refugee centre in Poland, it took us four months to get the visas sorted, it was horrendous. I was on the phone every day going around in circles, I went to see MPs and the government but we were completely stonewalled."

Coverage spans reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech investigations while producing documentaries and avoiding paywalls, funded by reader donations. A national outlet investigates financials of political PACs and highlights American women fighting for reproductive rights in the documentary 'The A Word'. Hosts of Ukrainian refugees report endless bureaucracy and inadequate Home Office support, leaving thousands in limbo three years after Russia's invasion. Juliet Grover, daughter of a Jewish refugee, joined the Homes for Ukraine scheme in February 2022 and hosted several refugees. Early arrivals were delayed in a Polish refugee centre; visa processing took four months and government inquiries were met with stonewalling. Host families received little information or advice.

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