Kiwis told to leave Ukraine, but aren’t allowed to return home

Stuff reports:

The Government is asking all New Zealanders to leave Ukraine immediately, as fears of Russian invasion rise.

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta, in a statement issued on Saturday afternoon, said the Government was calling on New Zealanders to take any commercial flight out of Ukraine in light of the “heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine”.

This is hypocritical. The Government has said New Zealanders in Ukraine should leave the country asap as it is about to become a war zone. Yet the Government won’t allow the same New Zealanders to return home, as it won’t give them automatic entry into MIQ.

So what are Kiwis in Ukraine meant to do? Go live in Russia?