On the hottest day of the year, five adults and two children are packed inside a semi-detached house in Radcliffe. It's gone 5pm but the temperature is still a sweltering 30C.
Yet no one here seems fazed by the inescapable humidity. That’s because the Muhsin family have finally found a place of sanctuary.
Four weeks ago, months after leaving war-torn Ukraine, the family-of-five were welcomed into Karen Hopwood and Jim Eynon's home.
As the first Russian bombs rained down in February, Munadil and Alina Muhsin made the heartbreaking decision to leave their once quiet suburb outside Kyiv, where they ran their own clothing business. READ MORE: Terrified mum and son sleep on church floors for two months as they flee war-torn Ukraine for Manchester They packed their bags, bundled their son and daughter into a car and headed for the Polish border.
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