ISLAMABAD: Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion are being allowed to enter the United States through its southern border with Mexico.
In the Mexican border town of Tijuana, 14-year-old Dasha Krasiuk and his parents, who were travelling with her confirmed this to media.
Fleeing Ukrainians travelled first through Moldova, then Romania before flying to Mexico and they do not need a visa to enter Mexico. “It was hot. We were in the car for three nights because we were in the queue to leave Ukraine,” Krasiuk said of their journey.
The family was eventually allowed into the US, where they planned to join a grandfather who lives in Los Angeles, California, according to Al-Jazeera.com.
More than three million people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion late last month, according to the United Nations, with the majority finding refuge in neighbouring countries in Europe.
At least 310 Ukrainians have reached Tijuana by air this month, said Jesus Ruiz Uribe, the Mexican government’s delegate for Baja California state.
But the US-Mexico border has been closed to most asylum seekers under a pandemic-era policy known as Title 42, which allows US border officials to turn back most people trying to seek asylum.
