‘It’s too cruel’: family stuck in Ukraine after UK host dies suddenly
Exclusive: Nadiia Luba is one of 9,700 Ukrainians still waiting on visa decision under Homes for Ukraine scheme ‘No explanation’: Nadiia Luba, 43, and her sons Dima, 10, and Vlad, 14, at their home in Vinnytsia, central Ukraine. Nadiia Luba was sheltering in a basement in central Ukraine earlier this month when she learned that her family’s chances of escaping to Britain had been dashed. After nearly eight months of waiting for visas for her and her two sons, she got a text to say that the British host who had been so ready to welcome them had died suddenly. “I couldn’t stop crying,” she said. “My brain didn’t want to accept it.” Luba is one of 9,700 Ukrainians still waiting on a visa decision to join a host in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme . Volunteers helping to match families say they have seen an increase in waits of six months or more, where no news is communicated by the Home Office. Luba, 43, who teaches English to schoolchildren in her village just outside Vin...