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US allows Ukrainians fleeing war into the country through Mexico

Mexican official says at least 310 Ukrainians have reached the northern border city of Tijuana by air this month.

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Mexican official says at least 310 Ukrainians have reached the northern border city of Tijuana by air this month.

Highlights

  • Mexican official says at least 310 Ukrainians have reached the northern border city of Tijuana by air this month.
  • The US-Mexico border has been closed to most asylum seekers under a pandemic-era policy known as Title 42.
  • A US citizen who travelled to Ukraine to retrieve her cousin and her cousin’s child got them into the US after a trek that took them through Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Amsterdam, Mexico City and then Tijuana.
  • A former US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official briefed on the matter told the news agency that US authorities were granting one-year temporary “humanitarian parole” to Ukrainians.