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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Bradley Jolly & Adam Maidment

'I packed my bags and moved my family to Oldham for a better life'

A former refugee who moved to Oldham with her young children after fleeing domestic violence has praised how "welcoming and warm" the UK has been as it's given her "stability at last".

Mum-of-two Kana Josée, who was born in Rwanda, had been living in the Netherlands until 2012 when she packed her bags and took her children - then aged 11 and 7 - on a coach to a friend in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

One week later, Kana, 43, moved to Greater Manchester where she and her family have lived ever since. She says she feels it has given her a 'sense of belonging'.

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