Trained medics who could ease NHS crisis stuck in asylum limbo

Doctors and dentists whose skills are being squandered while they languish in the Home Office backlog tell of their frustration

After five years studying to become a qualified dentist in his home country of Sudan, Omar (not his real name) spent seven years mainly treating children in Khartoum.

But since arriving in Britain last June – despite a desperate shortage of NHS dentists – the 32-year-old has not been able to put his skills to use.

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