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Ukrainian families set to arrive in Devon

WATCH: Nine children to be welcomed to farm

A family with nine children fleeing Ukraine is to make Devon home shortly.

And the children of the host family are excitedly awaiting their arrival.

Bridget Down, a Methodist preacher, her husband Kevin and their three children are making preparations at their farm near Winkleigh.

She says: "We're just trying to laugh and cry together, and be there as much as they need me. Here is a place where they can rest, restore and get back some of that energy because they're just so tired."

Some paperwork still has to be completed; something which isn't necessarily easy.

Totnes MP Anthony Mangell has thanked people in the UK for pointing out errors in the process, which he says will improve it. 

This film report is from BBC Spotlight.

 

 

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