'No visa for at least another week,' said Misha, simply. 'No-one can help us in Calais.'
Misha Raminishvili was close to despair, his daughter in tears, as the news came through. His wife Maria had a vacant look in her eyes that spoke of a nightmare journey still without a final destination.I met Misha, with his Ukrainian wife Maria and two children, at a hostel in the French port which is accommodating 137 Ukrainian refugees.He and his son, Misha Jr, have UK passports.
At the start of that journey, Maria walked 45 miles to Ukraine's border with Romania before Misha reached her.Image caption,More than 500 Ukrainian refugees are currently in Calais, hoping to get to the UK. Many tell of having attempted to reach Britain, only to have been turned back by Border Force officials because they didn't have the right paperwork.
A Home Office presence at a local administrative building disappeared this morning, a sign at the hostel advising people to go to Brussels or Paris to apply for a visa.Eventually, Misha spoke to a Border Force official who advised him to head across town to the old port building.
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