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Post by birdseye on Mar 14, 2022 21:21:42 GMT
Seriouly considering it as a humane gesture. Not sure whether either the house of its geriatric occupants are up to it.
How about you?
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Post by birdseye on Mar 17, 2022 8:18:48 GMT
No one? That surprises me.
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Post by mandolinist on Mar 17, 2022 16:40:33 GMT
We have. I have done this before, for a black South African who was sponsored and supported by us, and have to admit that it took a lot of discusion and weighing up of the moral necessity with the non-monetary costs involved. It can be a major commitment and we are older and less flexible in our living arrangements than we used to be.
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Post by birdseye on Mar 20, 2022 19:48:10 GMT
Yes, that is the conflict. In our mid 70s and with health issues, I am far from sure that we can cope with a Ukrainian family for what is likely to be an unspecified time running into years. After all, if this conflict drags on you cant make them homeless after the governments 6 months. Against that is the moral necessity - the same duty that I have as a sailor to go to the aid of someone in trouble on the sea.
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Post by mandolinist on Mar 21, 2022 10:04:15 GMT
At the moment we have only made the intial expression of interest. I think the one thing that mitigates against it being a completely open ended arrangement is the permission to work which comes with the visa which will be issued. Whether the system and scheme are capable of working in the way it is being advertised is an entirely different thing of course, so far I see no evidence of that happening, and with no support other than the individual sponsors this whole scheme will fail.
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