RISHI...PLEASE REUNITE MY FAMILY

9,400 cases are hit by Home Office red tape

- KEIR MUDIE

ON the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, a boy of 11 begs Rishi Sunak to reunite him with his dad in the UK.

Dmytro Krasnozhony's father is working in England as a builder.

A London host has offered the lad and his mum accommodation via the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

But their case is among 9,400 caught up in Home Office red tape.

Now Dmytro has written to the PM, pleading: "I love my dad, but I have not seen him for 18 months.

"I ask you for permission to come to the UK. I want to hug my dad. 

A BOY terrified and bewildered by war paints an image of the Houses of Parliament and begs Rishi Sunak to let him come to the UK.

Dmytro Krasnozhony longs to be reunited with his dad under the Homes for Ukraine scheme which, he says, would allow him "to stay alive". 

Large numbers of caring UK families have offered a home and a sponsor host in London is ready to receive the boy and his mum Oksana.

But their case is among 9,400 yet to be processed as red tape adds yet more misery for the war victims.

Now the youngster has written a heartrending letter to Mr Sunak, saying: "Dear Prime Minister.

I am Dmytro, I am 11, and I am already a child of war.

"I loved playing football with my friends but then the war came to my country and I no longer have the life I had. Now I love when there is simply light in my home and when I can play with my classmates outside the bomb shelter. We used to play and laugh a lot with my mom, but now my mom is sad and distant.