U.S. Increases Number of Ukrainian Refugees Allowed Entry With U.S.-Mexico Border Expecting More People to Come

The U.S. government has increased the number of admittances to the country of Ukrainian refugees with the U.S.-Mexico border expecting more refugees fleeing the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

Officials noted that a government recreation center in the Mexican border city of Tijuana grew to about 1,000 Ukrainian refugees, according to an ABC News Go report.

Rows of chairs and lines of bunk beds packed a canopy, wherein children used to play soccer two days earlier.

Tijuana has suddenly become a final stop for Ukrainians seeking refuge in the United States, with friends and families ready to host them.

A number of Slavic churches in the western United States are guiding hundreds of refugees daily from the Tijuana airport to temporary shelters.

Ukrainian refugees wait two to four days for U.S. officials to admit them on humanitarian parole.

Volunteers worked with U.S. and Mexican officials to build to provide food, transportation, and shelter to Ukrainian refugees.

Vlad Fedoryshyn, a volunteer with access to a waiting list, said that the U.S. processed 620 Ukrainians over 24 hours

Meanwhile, about 800 others are arriving daily in Tijuana.

The Customs and Border Protection did not provide numbers regarding operations and plans over the last two days. However, the agency noted that it has expanded facilities to deal with humanitarian causes.

Ukrainian Refugees Fleeing to U.S.

U.S. border officials are already bracing themselves for an influx of unauthorized migration from countries such as Honduras and Haiti when the U.S. eases its emergency COVID-19 border issues.

One Ukrainian refugee, Nataly Yankova, noted that she is troubled and tired, adding that they have been in the camp for more than two days.

Yankova fled Ukraine with two adolescent daughters, one in a wheelchair. She also brought two nephews and looking to join her brother who is living in Chicago, according to The New York Times report.

Just 50 Ukrainian refugees crammed in a small, tunnel-like bus stop until they could enter the U.S. a week ago. It then jumped to 500 in just four days.

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration announced last month that the United States would accept 100,000 Ukrainians.

However, it has not revealed any details regarding the plan, which prompted those with family and friends in the U.S. to pay thousands of dollars just to arrive in Mexico.

Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian propagandists are planning to use the corpses of Mariupol victims to stage a murder scene that can be blamed on Ukraine, according to an Aljazeera News report.

Zelenskyy said that the Russian propagandists will try to show the victims in Mariupol as if they were not killed by the Russian forces.

He called it a "mirror response" to what people witnessed in Bucha.

Russia has claimed the atrocities in Bucha were staged by Ukrainians. Bodies of shot civilians were lined up in the area.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration has announced sanctions against Russia's largest military shipbuilding and diamond mining companies, which blocked their access to the U.S. financial system.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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