A group of 50 orphaned Ukrainian children are waiting for paperwork to be sorted so they can fly to safety in Scotland. The children, accompanied by nine adults, are in Warsaw, Poland, where it had been hoped they would fly from yesterday.
A paperwork issue has stalled their journey, which was due to depart to Heathrow before going on to Scotland, which will be their home temporarily until it is possible to return to Dnipro in Ukraine, where they lived.Not all the kids are 'orphans' in the conventional sense of being bereaved, but they were being cared for in orphanages.Charity Dnipro Kids has been helping the children, who left Ukraine on March 8.Founder Stevie Carr, a Hibs fan, also runs a security business and is hoping the situation will change in the coming days.Stevie said: "The kids are now at a hotel in Warsaw, they are being looked after."The paperwork is the issue, the flights will be booked once that's resolved."The children will be kept together and are expected to spend a number of weeks in Callander, Perthshire, before moving to Edinburgh.Since the request came in from Dnipro Kids, council staff have been working with NHS Forth Valley and Police Scotland, along with volunteers from local businesses, to ensure the facility in Callander is ready to welcome the children and that local support is in place.Stirling Council Chief Executive Carol Beattie said: "Dnipro Kids approached us asking for support and our staff responded quickly to help make sure the children have what they need."The suffering faced by innocent families and communities is heartbreaking to witness and we are prepared to do whatever we can to help them."Stirling Council has a proud history of welcoming and assisting refugees."We have
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