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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Applications to house refugees from Ukraine soar by 10k an hour as 88,000 Brits volunteer

Some 10,000 Brits an hour are volunteering to take in a refugee from Ukraine, a Foreign Office minister declared today.

James Cleverly hailed generous Brits as the number signing up to express their interest in a new scheme hit 88,712 this morning.

He said he was "actually quite proud" the website crashed when the Homes for Ukraine scheme launched yesterday. Brit sponsors will be paid £350 a month and have to offer their spare room for at least six months.

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