Biden is preparing a plan for the accelerated resettlement of vulnerable categories of Ukrainians

23 March 2022, 09:58 | Peace
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US President Joe Biden's administration is preparing a plan to accelerate the resettlement of vulnerable categories of Ukrainians fleeing the war unleashed by Russia.

Activists, journalists, representatives of the LGBTQ community will be able to apply for a quick review of applications, NBC News writes, citing sources familiar with the plan.. The plan also provides for the acceleration of the procedure for the reunification of Ukrainians with relatives living in the United States..

Interlocutors of journalists found it difficult to answer in what format the plan would be implemented.. This could be, for example, a program similar to Priority 2 during the Afghan crisis..

This category was designed for Afghans who helped the US, but were not eligible for special immigration visas: personnel and translators who worked for government agencies and the US military in Afghanistan (contracted and hired); local employees of American media and participants in American projects.

That is, all those whom the Taliban who seized power could declare an "

According to US presidential press secretary Jen Psaki, internal discussions are now ongoing in the White House about what else can be done to receive refugees..

Many humanitarian organizations are calling on the Biden administration to provide Ukrainians with full protection so they can live and work in the US..

To do this, refugees must receive assistance from the state, which Priority 2 does not provide for.

“We urge not to import refugees in the same way as Afghans were imported. They should accept Ukrainians the way they accepted Kosovars from Macedonia in 1999 – completing their refugee status after they arrived in the US, in order to ensure all the protections to which they are entitled as refugees, ”explained the head of the Jewish-American humanitarian organization..




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