Number of Ukrainian refugees increasing at Tijuana border
Published Date: 3/19/2022
Source: CBS 8 San Diego
Immigration advocates are seeing a surge of Ukrainian and Russian immigrants at the Tijuana border crossing since the invasion of Ukraine three weeks ago. Some are being allowed in, others not. There seems to be no rhyme or reason at the San Ysidro border crossing, as to who gets through and who doesn't, according to Erika Pinheiro, an immigration advocate with the group, Al Otro Lado. “The past week or so we really started seeing the first big wave of people who are fleeing the conflict,” said Pinheiro. “We saw families being turned away. We saw Russians and Ukrainians being admitted, kind of on an ad hoc basis. We saw Russians, Ukrainians and folks from Belarus sleeping outside of the port of entry and waiting days to be admitted.” Full story on CBS8.com: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/number-of-ukrainian-refugees-increasing-tijuana-border/509-6afb535e-a2ae-4f90-8720-41e62bdd28f7