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That Abdul and his family might have no future in their homeland was a possibility that grew from distant fear to grim certainty within a matter of weeks thetimes.co.uk/article/refuge…
As he describes their year of turmoil, hope for what the future may hold and gratitude to the nation that gave them sanctuary is tinged with deep sadness and regret at what they have left behind

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With quiet pride Abdul reveals he's already found work for the local authority in Doncaster that will use his language skills to help refugees

“If it wasn’t for @refugeecouncil we wouldn’t have known what to do. Without them we’d have had big problems"

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