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Hosting Ukrainian refugees: what happens when it goes wrong?
It's been five months since the invasion of Ukraine began - and almost as long since the launch of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme, in which people fleeing war could be matched with host families in the UK.
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The scheme started with a flood of requests and offers - and many Ukrainians have settled well into their new homes.
But figures do show a rising number of relationships between hosts and refugees are breaking down. Councils have been given funding to deal with problems - but unofficial groups of volunteers say it's falling to them to do the hard work of mediating and re-homing refugees.
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