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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Dalton

Couple offering home to Ukrainians say refugees reminded them of their own family

Steve Pearce

A retired chief executive preparing to put up some of the first Ukrainian refugee arrivals in the UK says he and his wife felt compelled to do so because the women and children fleeing war resembled their own family so much.

Steve and Anne Pearce will provide a home for Kateryna, 28, her sister Daryna, 32, and her four-year-old son, Yuroslav with them in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.

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