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	Podcast:		ABC News Daily
	Episode:		'Like a family': Housing Ukraine's desperate millions
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:11:14
	Publish Date:		2022-03-27 17:00:00
	Description:		As the number of Ukrainians fleeing their homeland continues to grow, a unique billeting scheme in the UK has been so well received officials can barely keep up with demand. At least 150,000 Brits have offered to open their homes to desperate Ukrainians, and the British government has said it won't set a cap on the number of refugees it will take. Today, we hear the moment two of these families meet for the first time, and we speak to Ukrainian-born Lesia Miroshnichenko, who lives in the English city of Derby, about how she's helping to unite them. Featured: Lesia Miroshnichenko, volunteer, England Anastasiia Nitskevych, Ukrainian refugee Daryna Nitskevych, Ukrainian refugee Olha Rozdaibida, Ukrainian refugee Valentyna Rozdaibida, Ukrainian refugee Sally Eady, sponsor, Scotland Marie Hendy, sponsor, Scotland
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