Ukrainian refugees: frustration grows over long wait times for UK visas

Legal advice organisation says people have been forced to return to Ukraine because of protracted delays

Some Ukrainian refugees have described being forced to return to Ukraine because of protracted delays in securing UK visas, while others are living in underground bomb shelters in Kyiv, dismayed by the long wait for visas to be processed.

A month after Russia's invasion of Ukraine 10 million people are believed to have left their homes, of whom 3.6 million are thought to have left for neighbouring countries, according to the United Nations high commissioner for refugees.