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Terrified mum and son sleep on church floors for two months as they flee war-torn Ukraine for Manchester
31.07.2022 - 22:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Maryna and Vlad are new to Manchester. They arrived just eight weeks ago, joining the thousands that come to make the city their home each year.
But their move wasn’t a choice - it was a necessity. Maryna, 36, and Vlad, 15, are Ukrainian - and were forced to leave their home due to the devastating consequences of war.
Freedom of Information request data obtained by the Manchester Evening News shows that 229 Ukrainians have so far been placed with hosts in Manchester under the Homes for Ukraine scheme - the government-run project that allows Ukrainians who have been accepted by a host family to come and live in the UK. Maryna, 36, and Vlad, 15, are two of those.
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The pair made the heartbreaking decision to leave their home city of Boryspil, in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, after Russia invaded in February of this year, fleeing initially to neighbouring Poland. They spent two months sleeping on church floors, hoping that the fighting would ease and they would be able to return home.
But the war rages on, and they have been forced to confront the painful reality that - at least temporarily - home would have to become somewhere new. They were able to find a host, and nearly two months ago arrived in Chorlton, where they now live with host Richard Addison.
“We are very happy in this city,” Maryna said with a shy smile, sitting in Richard’s living room. “We feel comfortable and safe.”
As we spoke, it was clear that the pair had made a strong start in Manchester. Maryna told me of how much she enjoyed the museums and the Trafford Centre - but Vlad, who is a big Harry Potter fan, said his favourite place was the John Rylands library on
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