Undated handout photo of 2 Marwa Koofi, 21, who fled Kabul, Afghanistan when the city fell to the Taliban in August last year and has lived in two hotels over the last 12 months, has described feeling like her family's "lives are paused" as they await news of permanent accommodation from the Home Office. Issue date: Thursday August 4, 2022.
AN AFGHAN refugee who has lived in hostel accommodation for over a year says she feels her life has been “paused” while she waits for permanent housing.
Marwa Koofi, 21, who fled Kabul in August last year, is one of the 10,500 Afghan refugees still living in hostels across Britain more than 12 months on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
She has lived in two hostels during that time, recently moving from one in Selby, North Yorkshire, where she stayed for 11 months, to accommodation in Crawley, West Sussex. The move left her separated from her family.
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