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Boris Johnson announces scheme to allow people to offer homes to Ukrainian refugees

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Boris Johnson announces Ukraine refugees scheme for Britons who want to offer their homes

Boris Johnson has announced that the UK government is looking to create a scheme to allow people to offer their homes to Ukrainian refugees.

"We’ve done more than any other [country] to resettle vulnerable people since 2015, but there is a huge opportunity now for us to do even more," the prime minister said.

He added that "a route by which everybody in this country can offer a home to people fleeing Ukraine" is being set out.,

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