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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Diane Taylor

‘Nobody can disturb us here’: Refugees start afresh in Manchester thanks to charity’s support

Two women prepare food in a kitchen
Five female refugees from Eritrea say that living in the property has allowed them to escape homelessness. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

At the end of a quiet cul-de-sac 10 minutes drive from Manchestercity centre is a house with a white front door. Inside it live five female refugees from Eritrea. The neat, terrace property, they say, has provided them with a lifeline.

Two of the women, Mariam and Helen (not their real names) said before arriving here they had spent short periods homeless and on the streets after the Home Office granted them refugee status.

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