Home Office denies British baby living in Thailand chance to meet great-grandfather in UK

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British father would like to take his family to Lancashire to see ill relative but officials refused visa for his partner, a refugee from Myanmar The Home Office has denied a great-grandfather from Lancashire the chance of meeting his five-month-old British great-grandson, who lives abroad. William Cross was born in Thailand on 30 April to parents Matthew Cross, 31, who is from Burnley in Lancashire, and Khin Thant Zin, known as Jue Jue, also 31, a refugee who fled persecution in Myanmar to Thailand. Continue reading...