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This Afghan refugee family came to CT last year. Here's their story.
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Bradford mum desperate as passport office 'cancels' 13-year-old son's application days before huge family holiday - YorkshireLive
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If you need the toilet, you lose your place in the queue': Passport Office delays cause holiday chaos
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Joe Biden's Saigon - The Atlantic
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Mum's 'passport nightmare' means she missed £1,400 holiday for dying relative - Mirror Online
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Family desperate over missing passport three days before holiday
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We made a simple mistake with our passports and had to pay an extra £5,000 to save our holiday
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The Politics of Prejudice: How Passports Rubber-Stamp Our Indifference to Refugees, by Collectors Weekly, Hunter Oatman-Stanford
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Preventable passport problem costs family thousands
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US passport applications delayed — what to do if you're desperate