New Zealand offers visas to 4,000 Ukraine war refugees
Ukraine Refugees
NewZealandwill offer4,000specialvisastorefugeesfleeing the Russian invasion ofUkraineif they have family in the southern hemisphere nation, its government said Tuesday.
Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi said it wasNewZealand's largest special visa category in decades in support of an international aid effort.
Over 2.8 million people have fledUkrainesince Russia invaded on February 24, according to UN estimates.
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"It's a two-year visa to help people escape the current conflict and to shelter here in the hope they can return home when thewarends," Faafoi said.
For one year, the estimated 1,600 Ukrainian-born citizens and residents inNewZealandwill be allowed to sponsor family members for the special visa, under which they will be allowed to work.
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Relatives included in the scheme include parents, grandparents and their adult siblings or adult children and their immediate family who have fledUkraine.
"NewZealandhas moved quickly to condemn the brutal and intolerable invasion ofUkraine," the minister said.
NewZealandalso announced an extra NZ$4million (US$2.7 million) in humanitarian funding.
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"Alongside other diplomatic measures, we have acted urgently to respond to Russia's hostility by instituting travel bans, export controls, passing the Russia Sanctions Act 2022, and providing aid funding to support crucial humanitarian work," the minister said.
