🇬🇧🇺🇦 UK denies asylum to Ukrainian family after child told to wear noise-canceling headphones to avoid panicking over bombs, - Sky News
A Ukrainian family has been denied asylum by the UK Home Office, saying they can "safely move" to other parts of Ukraine. In an official letter seen by Sky News, officials specifically said their daughter, who suffers from panic attacks due to the war, should use noise-canceling headphones and soundproof her rooms to help cope with her fear.
The family fled Kyiv in the early days of the full-scale invasion. The girl began to suffer severe panic attacks, which she was treated for by British doctors.
The Home Office, which is responsible for immigration control, says western Ukraine and Kyiv can be considered "non-conflict zones" despite regular missile and drone strikes. The families were offered to move, in particular, to Ternopil - a city that was subjected to massive shelling in November, when 40 people died in one day in a destroyed high-rise building.
According to the publication, this is not an isolated case - Ukrainian families are increasingly being denied asylum even if their children have serious war injuries.