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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julie Watson

Many Ukrainians stuck in limbo with US permission expiring

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

When U.S. officials at the U.S.-Mexico border stamped the Ukrainian passports of Mariia and her daughter last April and gave them permission to stay for a year, she figured she would return home within months.

Now with that year almost up and the war that caused them to flee still raging, their permission to stay in the U.S. — known as humanitarian parole — is set to expire April 23.

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