The United States will accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and provide $ 1 billion in humanitarian aidThe United States will accept up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and provide an additional $ 1 billion in humanitarian aid to war victims, the White House said.
“The United States has announced plans to host up to 100,000 Ukrainians and others fleeing Russian aggression through a full range of remedies, including the US Refugee Program,” said a statement issued during a military speech by US President Joe Biden. summit in Brussels.
An additional $ 1 billion (910 million euros) will “provide food, shelter, clean water, medicine and other assistance.”
The US refugee reception program is designed to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Eastern Europe, where nearly 3.6 million Ukrainians have fled their bombed-out country as part of one of the worst World War II refugee crises.
President Biden will discuss the refugee situation during a visit to Poland on Saturday.
Poland, which borders Ukraine about 300 kilometers away, has accepted most refugees, but Romania and Hungary, which are nearby, have also accepted.
Biden has been criticized for not doing more to alleviate the crisis than he promised. “I will receive Ukrainian refugees,” he told the White House on March 11.
As for refugees, a senior administration official said the United States would focus on Ukrainians who already have families in America, and said he thought most Ukrainians would want to stay in Eastern Europe in the hope that they would be able to return home. reports the Daily Mail.
“We expect that most displaced Ukrainians will want to stay in neighboring or other EU countries, where they may have families and where large diasporas already exist, hoping that they will soon be able to return home,” the official added.
To circumvent the 125,000 refugee limit, the United States will use the full range of legal routes, while others will arrive with family visas or as part of another process.
According to the administration, efforts will also be targeted at vulnerable groups such as women, children, LGBTQ + and people with disabilities.