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UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
- UK Home Office rejects visa for eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown after Hurricane Melissa, keeping her from joining her parents in the UK.
- The Home Office said evidence of care by Jamaican relatives was not demonstrated, delaying Lati-Yana's potential reunification.
- Parents confirmed they would appeal amid a backlog that may take up to two years to resolve.
- UNICEF launched an appeal to help about 1.6 million children in the region with essentials like water and nutrition.
- The couple, Kerrian Bigby and Jerome Hardy, married this year after saving for the visa application fee.
- The Home Office emphasized that visa applications are considered on their individual merits under immigration rules.
- Lati-Yana lived with her grandmother after the hurricane destroyed their Jamaica home in Cash Hill, Hanover.
- Lati-Yana’s parents are in the UK, where the family hopes for reunification.
- The case has drawn attention to the backlog and the impact on families separated by disaster.
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