‘Shambolic’ red tape preventing refugees from being housed in UK, says woman waiting for family
More than a month after the UK’s Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme was launched, thousands of sponsors are still waiting to welcome Ukrainian nationals, amid reports of red tape and bureaucracy in the process.
Lynette Protheroe, from Derbyshire, was matched with sisters Yana and Inna and their three children on 20 March but weeks after submitting an application, she says she still has no way to track its progress.
“The system is shambolic and it is failing these people,” Ms Protheroe told Sky News.
“You can order some balloons from China and you can track it and you know where it’s coming from, you know where it is.
“You can generally tell when it will be delivered. You cannot track these visa applications. There’s no way the family can track them. You just have to wait.”
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