Alika has a UK sponsor, and applied for visa in March, but is one of few children left in her Kharkiv neighbourhood
Alika Zubets has been forced to return to Pobedy, nine miles from Russian frontline positions.A four-year-old girl remains stranded in a block of flats on the Ukrainian frontline four months after attempts began to bring her to the UK, a delay campaigners haveEfforts to rescue Alika Zubets from the city of Kharkiv began on 21 March when her UK sponsor applied for a visa under theand expected her to reach north Staffordshire by mid-April at the latest.
Alika’s UK sponsor, Maggie Babb from Audley, Staffordshire, said the “debacle” could be blamed on myriadOther failings in the case include technical issues with Home Office contractors on visa application forms, the processing of biometrics belonging to different applications, and constantly changing demands by the UK government, which Babb said caused fresh delays.
“I have no idea how or why the notarised document from Ukraine allotting guardianship to her grandmother has been interpreted by the Home Office as inadequate, or how that could be addressed,” said Babb.
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