The United States has yet to establish a way for Ukrainian refugees to arrive directly in the U.S. That has left Ukrainians in growing numbers to book flights to Mexico, arriving at the U.S. border on foot. (via washingtonpost)
Ukrainian refugees rest at an encampment near the San Ysidro border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, on April 1.
By Saturday morning, the list had more than 1,200 names on it. Dozens more Ukrainians were arriving every hour. A van was shuttling them between the Tijuana airport and the tent where the yellow legal pad was kept.The United States last month committed to accepting, but it has yet to establish a way for them to arrive directly. There are no resettlement programs or visa pipelines. That has left Ukrainians in growing numbers to book flights to Mexico. They arrive at the U.S.
No. 658 on the list was a 10-year-old boy named Yshor and No. 659 was a 14-year-old girl named Taisia. Their aunt, Tanya Malko, had traveled from her home in Tampa, to pick them up in Ukraine after the children’s mother had decided to stay behind in the city of Chernihiv. “We will work together so you can achieve your dream,” said the city’s mayor, Montserrat Caballero, when she visited the encampment on Thursday. “Welcome to Tijuana.”On Friday evening, one woman serenaded the refugees while strumming an acoustic guitar. An inebriated American man handed hundreds of dollars in cash to a Ukrainian American volunteer, cursing out Russian President Vladimir Putin as he distributed the money.No.
So he and his family, after reading the guidance on a Telegram channel, booked flights to Mexico. At 1 p.m. on Friday afternoon, his number was called. On Friday, a family of Honduran asylum seekers, turned away at the border, passed by the Ukrainian encampment to ask for small change.
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