After fleeing the war in Ukraine, refugees share their experiences of finding work in their new homes
Anastacia and Oleksiyy had orders from local people wanting to help them grow their dry-cleaning businessWhen Anastacia Kozmina and Oleksiyy Danko woke to the sound of bombing they immediately decided to leave Ukraine. They joined some eight million Ukrainian refugees, faced with finding a safe place to live and work.
Anastacia said when the bombing began on 24 February 2022, she knew she did not want to live in a warzone. Anastacia tried to get work as a lawyer but because the UK has a different legal system she couldn't, so the couple decided to use their side-hustle skills and started a business dry-cleaning furniture.
They are hoping to continue to build the business. "In England we have another life, we have an opportunity to develop ourselves, to grow," she says.Yulia says she found deciding to leave Ukraine very difficult but her husband persuaded her it was for the bestShe found a sponsor in Nottingham, England, and drove for three days with her two daughters and their dog. Yulia asked us not to use her surname because her husband is still in Ukraine.
"It's not easy because system of business in England is different, it's not like in Ukraine," she says.
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