Asylum will be given preference to LGBT people, activists, journalists and other vulnerable groups.
The Biden administration plans to make it easier for Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion to come to the United States. This decision was made after only a few refugees from Ukraine were accepted during the first two weeks of March.
Reuters writes about this.
According to the publication, the United States is developing a number of measures to speeding up the processing of visas for Ukrainian relatives of US citizens and green card holders.
The authorities also plan to appoint more immigration officers to process applications for temporary protected status, known as “humanitarian parole” (humanitarian parole ). Now, there is still a huge queue of applications from tens of thousands of Afghans to receive the “humanitarian password”.
The publication notes that preference for asylum will be given to LGBT people, activists, journalists and other vulnerable groups.
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U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a briefing that the administration is “taking a very close look” at how to facilitate Ukrainian family reunification, but did not provide more details.
More than 3.5, according to the UN million people fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion. This is the biggest refugee crisis in Europe since the end of World War II.
Recall that France is ready to accept 100,000 Ukrainians who were forced to leave their homes because of the war.
