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U.S. Border Patrol encountered over 3,000 Ukrainians in March at the southern border, according to newly released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. “Customs and Border Protection encountered 3,274 Ukrainian citizens at the U.S.-Mexico border in March, a twelvefold increase since February, the agency said Monday—as the U.S. prepares to contend with a flood of visa applications| USSA News

Two Ukrainian women, a mother and a daughter, quickly fled their war-torn country when Russian bombs dropped on their home city of Kyiv. Now, after an odyssey that took them through Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, Vita and Dasha Shareyko Dagayeva face an uncertain future in Wilton Manors amid unresolved legal questions posed by U.S. immigration policies toward Ukrainians.

Two Ukrainian women, a mother and a daughter, quickly fled their war-torn country when Russian bombs dropped on their home city of Kyiv. Now, after an odyssey that took them through Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, Vita and Dasha Shareyko Dagayeva face an uncertain future in Wilton Manors amid unresolved legal questions posed by U.S. immigration policies toward Ukrainians.

The United States has long been a safe haven for refugees from around the world. President Biden aims to expand the country’s resettlement program after the Trump administration made sharp cuts.

Luda Draganova, who lives in Reston, Va., is one of many Ukrainian Americans trying to evacuate their families from their native country and participating in protests calling on the White House to take further action in the conflict in their homeland.

A small group of Afghan refugees say they are trapped on African island nation without health care, education or work.

Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine will begin arriving in Alaska over the next year or two. And the state’s refugee coordinator has begun notifying local-government officials that some of them will be placed in communities where they’ve got family ties. Meanwhile, members of the Slavic community in Delta Junction say a few have already arrived.

Thousands of Afghans with U.S. ties are trapped in the country and fearing reprisal as the Taliban expand their door-to-door searches.

Churches and religious nonprofit organizations are preparing to help the Ukrainian refugees resettle.

TodayHeadline Russian people urgently need asylum protection, too –