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Family hope Nottinghamshire dad stranded in Cuba will be home for Christmas

Yogi Depass and his partner Leah

A father from Nottinghamshire, who's been stranded in Cuba for four weeks after trouble with his passport, has been allowed home just in time for Christmas.

Cuban authorities refused to allow Yogi Depass to leave the country after he travelled there to help his mother after Hurricane Sandy destroyed her home.

Stranded in Cuba

A father is stranded in Cuba by red tape, after visiting his mother whose house had been destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.

Yoandry Depass from Clipstone, near Mansfield, moved to England 20 years ago from his native Cuba and while he holds a British passport he's being blocked from returning to his partner and baby daughter here, as Victoria Whittam reports.

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