'It doesn't make sense': The refugees being separated under UK family reunion visa rules

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ITV News heard from one family who have been left 'suffering' after they were told their eldest son is facing deportation to Africa.

The Alrfaai family are trying to build a new life together in Glasgow. After escaping the war in Syria, they were granted asylum in Scotland three years ago."The whole family is suffering. His mum and his sisters are all struggling to comprehend the fact that he might be moved to Rwanda," Mohammed's father Hisham Alrfaai told ITV News.

"They said they're going to deport me, they said my asylum claim is not being accepted, but I don't understand why… they said you came here through the backdoor, but I don't know what other door, they don't have any other doors. I don't understand," Mohammed Alrfaai said.

Enver Solomon, CEO of the Refugee Council, said: "The UK's failure to provide adequate family reunion routes has devastating consequences. 'There is no safe way for children to get to the UK, so they are being forced to turn to people smugglers,' Refugee Council CEO Enver Solomon told ITV NewsAmendment to immigration rules to remove the barriers to children joining refugee non-parent adult relatives in the UK.Open a pathway to resettle the family members of people evacuated under Pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme by June 2024, as promised.

Family psychotherapist Philippa Kemp told ITV News how the children she works with have turned from 'bright' and 'hopeful' to 'depressed' with 'both physical and mental health issues' Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said that the Rwanda policy is the only 'viable plan' to stop the boats

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