Sabreen Elbakri's family have lost their home in Sudan due to the ongoing war 😔
A trainee NHS doctor has hit out at the government after her mum and two sisters' UK visitor visa application was denied.
Primary school head teacher, Aruna, 57, and her two daughters Ramya and Shima, aged 17 and 27, are one of many families who have been displaced.They are currently staying in a rented house in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, following a 36-hour journey - via coach and ferry - to get there. She told Glasgow Live: "They are sad and feel alone, they have got nowhere else to go. The majority of Khartoum has been occupied by the RSF forces and it’s quite unsafe for everyone to be there right now."My sister Shima was accepted by the University of Dundee, but is unable to go because my mum’s funds are currently held in Sudan.
Glasgow Live has seen a letter from the Home Office, setting out the reasons why the visa was refused, which states the government is not satisfied that the applicants are "seeking entry as a visitor and that you intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit." "When the war happened in Ukraine there was a lot of support and the people who were living here were able to bring their families but the same isn’t reciprocated for people from Sudan, I think it’s very unfair.
A spokesperson added: “The UK carried out by far the longest and largest evacuation of any western country from Sudan, bringing 2,450 people to safety. Preventing a humanitarian emergency in Sudan is our focus right now and we are working with international partners and the United Nations to bring an end to fighting.
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