A rule change will mean UK visas for some young people after months in limbo, the BBC understands.
It was too dangerous for Valya to rejoin her family, so she was left alone in an area which has seen regular air raids - while her mental and physical health worsened.
"I'm happy that my parents could know I'm safe, because it was very hard for them not to know," she said.Hundreds of unaccompanied teenagers applied to the UK as they fled the war in UkraineBecause of safeguarding concerns, their sponsors in the UK will need to either be a relative or known to their parents, such as a close family friend.
Lord Alf Dubs, who escaped the Nazis as a child and has campaigned for young refugees, said he was "very emotional" to hear Valya was on her way to safety. "We have a responsibility to keep children safe and, as the public rightly expect, we have put robust processes in place to protect them once they arrive in the country," the spokesman said.
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