Two Ukrainian refugees are planning to drive their car more than 2,000 miles from the UK to Dnipro and leave it in a "warzone" because of costly registration fees, ministers have heard.
Labour MP Jeff Smith told the Commons the refugees who had come to live in his Manchester Withington constituency faced the situation because of the high fees and bureaucracy around permanently registering their car in the UK. Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt said the decision they faced once their temporary registration expired was "crackers".
Mr Smith told MPs: "My constituents Matt and Liz are hosting two refugees who fled Ukraine and came to the UK in their car. They have only been able to get a maximum of 12 months temporary car registration, so in order to avoid some very high and complicated UK and Ukraine registration charges and import taxes, they are planning to drive back to Dnipro next month to leave their car in the warzone.
