Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Munira Wilson Excerpts
Monday 20th March 2023

(1 year, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Jenrick Portrait Robert Jenrick
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Our sympathies go to all those affected by the tragic events in Turkey. The UK Government are doing a number of things, including sending specialists to help with those who have been trapped in the wreckage. We have a range of visa options, including family reunion and visit visas, so that those people who have strong family ties to the United Kingdom can come here.

Munira Wilson Portrait Munira Wilson (Twickenham) (LD)
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Last week, I raised with the Foreign Secretary that, for the past 15 months, I have been trying to bring to safety five British children in hiding in Kabul after their British father was blown up by the Taliban. They are too young to travel alone, but the Home Office will not grant their Afghan mother a visa, unless she passes an English test. However, she is not allowed to access education in Afghanistan. The Foreign Office tells me it is a Home Office issue. The Home Office is not responding to my correspondence, so will the Minister grant me a meeting to discuss this case?