Does the government's special visa scheme for Ukrainan refugees to join family members here go far enough? The plan, announced yesterday, is open for one year and will allow Ukrainian-born New Zealand citizens and residents to sponsor a relative and their immediate family to come to this country. The government estimates about four thousand Ukrainaian refugees will be able to join their family members here. But Olha Viazenko, who has lived in Dunedin with her husband and daughter for three and a half years on a working visa, says her family won't be eligible. She says the scheme is too narrow and only affect a small number. She joins Lynn Freeman, along with Victoriya Pashorina-Nichols from the group Mahi for Ukraine.
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