Home Office backtracks after refusing to give Afghan women visas for UK talk

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A trailblazing Afghan woman who climbed her country's highest mountain was initially refused entry to the UK to speak at a Royal Geographical Society event

She said there should be a way for Afghans, particularly those who have been invited to the UK because of their expertise, to apply for permission to travel to Britain via the British embassy in Kabul instead of having to spend money and time travelling to IndiaHanifa Yousoufi said she was 'so, so happy' to have her application accepted. Pic: Ascend

"I was shocked. I had to explain the situation to Hanifa. When she heard about it she didn't talk to me for an hour. We could not talk to each other. Hanifa had tears in her eyes."They had already been forced to endure delays and complications obtaining a visa to travel to India."We managed to come all the way here [to Delhi]," Ms Yousoufi said."When we got here I thought: okay the UK visa is going to be easy, but it again caused us trouble.

The letter to Ms Yousoufi continued:"You are single and you have not demonstrated any evidence of properties or investments. Given this, I am not satisfied that you have demonstrated a strong incentive to leave the UK at the end of your trip."

 

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