{"id":73082,"date":"2022-03-03T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=73082"},"modified":"2022-03-29T14:31:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T13:31:06","slug":"cardiff-protest-demands-a-more-open-policy-towards-ukarainian-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/cardiff-protest-demands-a-more-open-policy-towards-ukarainian-refugees","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff protest demands a more open policy for Ukrainian refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hundreds of citizens gathered at the Senedd to protest Russia\u2019s unfolding invasion and display their support for Ukrainians while discontent has been raised amid Cardiff over UK visa-based refugee policy<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/3333333333-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/3333333333-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/3333333333-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/3333333333-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/3333333333-1-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/3333333333-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/3333333333-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/3333333333-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/3333333333-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/3333333333-1-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Participants condemned the movement of Russian forces into Ukraine&nbsp;and called on &#8221; STOP the WAR&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 300 people rallied at the Senedd on Monday to show solidarity with Ukrainians following Russia&#8217;s invasion into their country, while demanding the British government change its visa-based refugee policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many protestors were draped in Ukrainian flags, and held up Ukraine\u2019s yellow and blue banners with slogans like &#8220;STOP the WAR&#8221;, \u201cWe Stand with Ukraine\u201d, and &#8220;Help Ukrainian Refugees&#8221;.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welsh-born Labour Senedd member Mick Antoniw delivered a speech to criticize the British government&#8217;s policy of granting entry to Ukrainian refugees only with a visa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe current policy for Ukrainian refugees is &#8216;totally unacceptable&#8217;. It is preventing many people from actually gaining access to the UK and seeking safety even when they have family here,&#8221; said Mr. Antoniw, claiming there are too many restrictions and bureaucracy to let refugees come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/123.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/123.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/123-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/123-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/123-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/123.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/123.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/123-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/123-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/123-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Mr.Antoniw, the Welsh government&#8217;s most senior legal adviser, has significant roots in Ukraine, having been brought up in a community which brought the country&#8217;s culture to the UK.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Antoniw also highly praised Wales as \u201ca proud nation of sanctuary\u201d during his speech and said&nbsp;the Welsh government is taking great efforts to help Ukrainian refugees, which is at odds with the British government\u2019s refugee policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Downing Street <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/support-for-family-members-of-british-nationals-in-ukraine-and-ukrainian-nationals-in-ukraine-and-the-uk#full-publication-update-history\">announced<\/a> changes of UK visa rules for Ukrainian refugees last Sunday. According to the new policy, the visas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-60550238\">are available<\/a> only to spouses, unmarried partners of at least two years, parents, or their children if one is under 18, or adult relatives who are also carers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The revised visa rules for Ukrainians have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2022\/feb\/27\/uk-expected-ease-visa-restrictions-ukrainians-fleeing-war\">triggered<\/a> strong criticism as opponents say only &#8220;immediate family members&#8221; of British nationals to seek sanctuary in the UK from the war falls short of expectations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper described the changes to the revised visa rules as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2022\/feb\/27\/uk-expected-ease-visa-restrictions-ukrainians-fleeing-war\">\u201cshameful\u201d<\/a>, as she suggested that many Ukrainian close relatives of those British nationals would not be covered by the updated rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Cardiff protest in solidarity with Ukrainians\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ocpFcic7Ytc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Cardiff protest in solidarity with Ukrainians\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ocpFcic7Ytc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Protestors expressed their discontent with the existing visa arrangements. Polish expatriate Grzegorz Gornicki showed opposition to Britain&#8217;s visa-based refugee policy, which the European Union, including Poland, no longer requires for Ukrainian refugees to enter the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe British government is not doing enough to make it easier for people from Ukraine to come,\u201d said Grzegorz, \u201cThey are hard-working people, and if they settled in, they would not undermine the UK&#8217;s economy and security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"579\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/1234.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/1234.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/1234-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/1234-770x469.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/1234-293x179.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/1234.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/1234.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/1234-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/1234-770x469.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/1234-293x179.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Gornicki thought the Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country should be visa-free to enter the UK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-60448384\">visited Ukraine<\/a> &#8220;to show solidarity&#8221; with the country last week, &nbsp;also delivered a speech at the rally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He claimed that the UK Government\u2019s sanctions are so far insufficient, urging ministers to turn the sanctions into a total economic embargo on energy imports from Russia. \u201cWe need to paralyze the Russian. We need to stop the Russian economy from functioning completely,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Price denounced Putin\u2019s &#8220;brutal&#8221; invasion and mobilized the masses to raise their voice for the Ukrainian people in his speech. \u201cOur voices can be heard by the Ukrainian people. Our voices can be heard deeply by the bunker of the Kremlin as well,\u201d said Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price at the rally, \u201cOne thing Putin cannot crush and that is the hope and the spirit of the Ukrainian people.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukrainian communities and expatriates joined the event to speak out for their homeland country.  Shouts of &#8220;Glory for Ukraine&#8221; rang out from the Ukrainian crowd as soon as the speech reached its climax. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Svitlana Phillips, of Voice of Ukraine Wales, expressed great concern over her Ukrainian fellows&#8217; dreadful situation. \u201cThere is no word to describe almost half a million people to be displaced already. They are running refugees. They are running for their lives. There are casualties. The raw missiles are shooting at ordinary people and killing them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But she also conveyed \u201cthanks\u201d to the Senedd for its proposal to accept the refugees<strong>. <\/strong>\u201cI&#8217;m sure that allows people to do everything they can do to accommodate refugees from Ukraine,\u201d said the Ukrainian chairwoman.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"577\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/12413554.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/12413554.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/12413554-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/12413554-770x468.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/12413554-293x178.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/12413554.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/12413554.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/12413554-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/12413554-770x468.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/03\/12413554-293x178.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Participants held up banner reading &#8220;Long Live Ukraine&#8221; in Welsh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Joae Csehaily from Ukraine said his parents and grandparents stuck in Ukraine are in peril. \u201cThey&#8217;ve struggled there so we try to help from here as much as we can.\u201d He added that Ukrainians here are also sending different supplies like helmets, armors, and bulletproof jackets to the Ukraine frontline for their army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the campaign, people in Cardiff had already voiced their solidarity with the Ukrainian people. The Senedd was <a href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/news\/senedd-lit-up-in-ukrainian-colours-as-wales-shows-its-support-for-the-people-invaded-by-russia\/\">lit up<\/a> in the colors of Ukrainian blue and yellow last Thursday to show Wales\u2019s support for the people of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cllr Huw Thomas,&nbsp;Leader&nbsp;of Cardiff Council, made a statement last Thursday that Cardiff show solidarity with  the Ukrainian people and urgently call on a simple sanctuary route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ukraine \u2013 A statement from the Leader of Cardiff Council, Cllr Huw Thomas<br><br>\u201cToday\u2019s unprovoked attack on a sovereign and democratic nation has cast a long shadow over Europe. Here in Cardiff we stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lc1BnTOnwI\">pic.twitter.com\/lc1BnTOnwI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cardiff Council (@cardiffcouncil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cardiffcouncil\/status\/1496897451176992775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first pro-Ukraine campaign in Cardiff held last Sunday, the organizer Andrii Zhuravskyi suggested that citizens use social media to fight against misinformation and raise more public attention to helping Ukrainian people. \u201cShowing the severity of the situation could bring more people to take direct action to support Ukraine and prevent further aggression escalated from Russia,\u201d said the young Ukrainian.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week Wales First Minister Mark Drakeford has said the UK will need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/wales-boris-johnson-mark-drakeford-home-office-bbc-breakfast-b2024253.html\">\u201cgo beyond\u201d<\/a> its current visa arrangements for those fleeing conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lindsay, the former Senedd member, however, said that it was a tough nut to crack to change the visa policy. \u201cThe Welsh government could challenge and have a great impact on Downing Street\u2019s policy change if the Scottish and Northern Irish Parliament were to join forces. 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