When she arrived in England almost two years ago, Mila Panchenko thought her months-long journey from the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol was over and she could settle down. In her room at temporary accommodation for the homeless run by the YMCA youth charity in Hatfield, a town about 18 miles (29 km) north of London, Panchenko says she feels at the mercy of the British government. Panchenko is not alone.
At least one in 14 Ukrainian refugees has become homeless since June 2022 after relationships with sponsor families broke down or ended, official figures show.
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When she arrived in England almost two years ago, Mila Panchenko thought her months-long journey from the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol was over and she could settle down.But, after moving home four times since then, the 55-year-old Ukrainian has been declared homeless and her future is uncl
The government needs to have a "much tighter" requirement of councils to report homelessness data, the chair of the Commons' public accounts committee has