This is the situation that tens of thousands of young people fleeing domestic violence face every year. Earlier this summer, a roomful of young people stood up before MPs to tell their stories and ask the Government what it was doing to stop domestic violence in the UK.
In the limited time given for questions, the group spoke of their fear of domestic violence, their anger, and their hope for better protection and services in the future. All those who attended spoke from personal experience. Most had come from domestic violence refuges run by Women's Aid, the charitable federation that runs and funds more than 300 emergency shelters across the country.
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