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Ukrainian teenager faces deportation from Cornwall

A teenage girl who was rescued by a Cornish couple from the Ukraine after her mother was murdered faces being deported.14 year old Iryna Mynich has been living in Bodmin since November.

The Government has refused to give her the right to remain in the UK and wrote directly to her to tell her they plan to deport her.

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Ukrainian teenager faces deportation from Cornwall

Iryna Mynich has been told she will be deported Credit: ITV News

The Home Office has written to a 14-year-old Ukrainian girl living in Cornwall to tell her she's being deported.

Teenager Iryna Mynich was brought to the UK by Terence and Heather Voysey after her mother was murdered.

But the Government says she must go back to live with her elderly and infirm grandmother.

The Voyseys are campaigning to keep her with them at their home in Bodmin.

Bad life will be there always but if I can just run away from all those problem that came and waiting for me in Urkraine - I don't know what will happen.

I'm happy that I'm here with these people with Heather and Terrance - I love them so much

– Iryna Mynich

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