<div dir="ltr">Hi Patrick,<div><br></div><div>Do you need help with this? My partner is Ukrainian so he would probably be delighted to help where he can. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 6:56 PM Patrick Gleeson <<a href="mailto:patrick.c.gleeson@gmail.com">patrick.c.gleeson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>It <a href="https://archive.ph/ZSQiY" target="_blank">sounds like</a> the initial implementation of the UK's 'Homes for Ukraine' scheme will only allow individuals in this country to offer housing to Ukrainian refugees if they can specifically name them. This is because there's no vetting process, so de-risks opening up your home to a total stranger. BUT for people who have a spare room or two and are happy to take in a stranger, it makes it much harder to help.</div><div><br></div><div>There's a suggestion that Brits with spare rooms and Ukrainians trying to enter the UK can find each other via social media, but that seems wildly inefficient. </div><div><br></div><div>It seems to me that a really simple web-app, where people can list their availabilities/requirements and find contact details of people who match, could be knocked up in Rails in about an hour. And it could do a lot of good very fast.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm nervous of doing it by myself, because I don't speak Ukrainian, and, not having worked in anything to do with immigration/asylum/UK govt processes, I'm not sure I'm on top of the legal/privacy/security constraints a site like that would have to operate under.</div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone on this list feel more qualified than me?</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Patrick</div></div>
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