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. READ MORE: Popular Chorlton restaurant officially has one of the best burgers in the UK 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.
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