Team GB athlete Muhammad Mokaev has sarcastically thanked the UK government for “refusing his wife’s visa” as he issued a scathing message on social media.
Taking to Twitter on Friday afternoon, the grappler wrote: “Thanks for refusing my wife’s visa, after representing [the] UK for 9 years.”
The message was accompanied with a clapping hands emoji, while the UK Home Office and its boss Priti Patel were also tagged.
Turning 20 last summer, Mokaev arrived in the UK as a 12-year-old refugee.
In a revealing interview with the BBC, he told the story of his journey to the…
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