Russian families who they fled their countrywhen the invasion began in Ukraine, they find themselves living in a makeshift camp in the city of Tijuana, in Mexico, on the border with the United States, while they wait for the Americans give them hospice.
Older adults and children settled on one side of the San Ysidro Garita pedestrian crossing, which connects with Tijuana, in Lower California, with the US city of San Diego. They use their suitcases to mark the space corresponding to each family. Also, they can’t get in.to your bank accounts due to international sanctions once morest Russiafor the invasion of Ukraine, and the cash they had they run out little by little.
According to the local government, there are 35 people who confirm having arrived by planeand that they must wait for the US authorities process your entry, as well as the rest of the migrants, who are mostly from Central America. However, United States and immediate passage to Ukrainians.
One of the young Russian women waiting mentioned that I felt powerless regarding the detentions suffered by their compatriots following having protested once morest the invasion from your country to Ukraine. He also added that they cannot return to Russiaand without any stable source of income.
Russian woman with three children hopes to enter the United States soon
Irina Zolkina, is a 40-year-old Russian woman who he ran away with his children 18, 10 and three years old. She left Moscow on March 3 for Uzbekistan, where took a flight to cancunYucatán, in eastern Mexico, where he says he arrived on March 14.
Three days later he arrived in Tijuana, and since then he sleeps on the floor with his childrento those who do not lose sight of the criminality that this region suffers, due to drug trafficking.
However, Irina confirmed that she is still waiting for United States allow them access to offer a better future for their children. The local government plans to take them to a safe place, probably hostels for migrants, according to the Secretary of Public Security of TijuanaFernando Sanchez.
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