Londoner Katherine Klinger told the BBC that the process has 'just been a fiasco' and her experience urged her to take action.
The groups Vigil for Visas and Taking Action Over the Homes for Ukraine Visa Delays said they had instructed Amanda Jones, an immigration and public law barrister, to explore a potential legal challenge against the Home Office.
"This will be a complicated action because it is challenging not only individual cases but the whole policy background, actions and inactions of the Home Office." A couple who will be part of the action are Mo Gibson and Nichola Merrick - who both worked in a Citizens Advice bureau in Hastings, East Sussex, for 10 years."We've dealt with some horrific, really difficult challenging cases at every level, dealing with all sorts of dark sides of humanity. But never have we been absolutely stumped by something like this in trying to help.
An Ipsos opinion poll of over 1,000 UK adults found 51% think the government is offering too little humanitarian support to Ukraine.
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