Home Office denies father visa to see son collect doctorate

Scottish Refugee Council chief Sabir Zazai to receive award for services to civil society but father cannot attend ceremony

The Home Office has refused a visit visa for the father of the chief executive of the Scottish Refugee Council so that he can see his son receive an honorary doctorate.

Sabir Zazai, the 2019 winner of the Lord Provost’s award for human rights, is receiving the doctorate from the University of Glasgow for his services to civil society over the last 20 years in the UK. But, in a decision branded “nonsensical”, the Home Office has refused to allow his father to attend the ceremony.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2E8s9zF