Bureaucratic delays are stopping Turkish and Kurdish people in Britain from visiting relatives affected by last month’s devastating earthquake – and, in some cases, from bringing homeless loved ones to the UK.
Several families told openDemocracy they have been unable to travel abroad since the magnitude 7.8 quake hit Türkiye and Syria on 6 February because of Home Office delays in processing visa applications and asylum claims.
Earlier this month, the government rejected a petition signed by tens of thousands of people calling for a special visa scheme to help those in need.
