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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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Community pulls together to help Ukrainian teenager

Iryna Mynich Credit: ITV West Country

The community in a Cornish town has rallied round to help a 14-year-old girl who faces deportation. Iryna Mynich has been living in Bodmin for three years after the death of her mother in Ukraine. But the Home Office says she must return.

Her foster parents have set up a shop and are selling produce donated by local traders to help raise the money they need for legal fees to fight Iryna's deportation.

We are so amazed at the support we have recieved,not just from the people of Bodmin but from further afield. We initially set a three thousand pound target.I've all ready paid out two and a half thousand pounds in legal costs alone with court costs.

– Terence Voysey

Iryna's only close relative is an elderly grandmother with dementia, but the Home Office is insisting she is sent back to an uncertain future in Ukraine.

Firms from the Bodmin area have donated clothes, books and toys. One of those who helped to set up the shop was Roisin Morris.

Iryna goes to my school,she's friends with my little sister.She's such a beautiful young lady.It's just so unfair that they want to deport her.I just can't imagine what she's going through and I want to help every little bit I can.

– Roisin Morris

The Home Office says it doesn't comment on individual cases.

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