Article 5YSFV Priti Patel faces legal action from Ukrainians stuck in visa backlog

Priti Patel faces legal action from Ukrainians stuck in visa backlog

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Diane Taylor and Josh Halliday
from World news | The Guardian on (#5YSFV)

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The UK home secretary, Priti Patel, is facing mass legal action over delays that have left thousands of Ukrainians at risk of trauma and Russian bombs, or in limbo in eastern Europe.

A class action lawsuit is being prepared on behalf of hundreds of Ukrainians who applied to travel to the UK weeks ago but whose cases have been stuck in a chaotic" visa backlog, the Guardian has learned.

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