Changes to existing visa schemes are important, but until UK stops using variations of the "first safe country" myth to avoid accepting refugees', and starts providing ways for Ukrainians to reach it and seek asylum, they are still scratching the surface of what needs to be done. 
Right now the government is pushing the #NationalityandBordersBill, which sets out plans to see refugees criminalised, sent to offshore facilities, denied rights and assistance and potentially even returned to countries'. This would happen to Ukrainian citizens fleeing this war.
Does anyone really think that those fleeing the Russian invasion aren't "genuine refugees"? Yet this is the reality of what the UK proposes. A fundamental violation of international law and a denial of rights to vulnerable people seeking asylum.
So @ukhomeoffice can put out its warm and fuzzy Wordle ripoff posts saying how they #StandWithUkriane, but until they stop their own legislation passing through the Lords and Parliament, and actually start helping, it's all just meaningless words. The UK needs to provide safety.
As an immediate move the UK government needs to ensure that any Ukrainian citizen who wants to seek asylum in the UK is provided with the route and means to do so. It is no good just saying you support people without actually supporting them. #r4today
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