Row over UK child visas as Ukrainian violinist’s three-month wait continues

Talented musician, 17, stuck in Russian occupied area after British government changes policy on travel rules

A talented 17-year-old violinist living on the frontline in south-east Ukraine has been left waiting three months for a British visa, revealing serious flaws in government promises to help unaccompanied children.

Anastasiia, who lives in the Russian occupied Zaporizhzhia region, where fighting has been intense, has faced constant shelling while waiting to join a family in Hertfordshire.

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