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24 Aug 2022

Could Ukrainian refugees be asked to leave their host families?

Communities Editor

More than 80,000 refugees fleeing the fighting have been taken in by British hosts .

Most placements have worked out well, but as weeks stretch into months the cracks between hosts and hosted – in some homes – are beginning to show.

And with the three month minimum stay required under the government scheme about to end, there are fears as many as a quarter of those refugees could be asked to quit their home.