In May 2021, you published my letter about a destitute failed asylum seeker from Zimbabwe, who has been in the UK for 18 years with no right to work or claim benefits, and who has been living with my elderly father since 2019. In March 2021, my father paid for a fresh application for asylum. In January this year we were asked, again, for proof that they have depression. This was supplied. We received no acknowledgment and the wait continues. I deplore the way the Home Office is dealing with applications from Ukrainians. But we mustn’t forget all the others who also wait in desperate limbo, often for decades rather than months.
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