USA Updates Ukrainian refugees resort to sleeping in school gyms in Mexico TOU

Tijuana, Mexico — Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees arriving daily in Tijuana have resorted to sleeping in school gymnasiums as they flee the horrors of war in their homeland.

New images from the Deportivo Benito Juarez Shelter show mothers arriving with their babies in hopes of finding safety across the ocean.

Women traveling far and wide are seen doing what they can to keep their children busy and entertained with toys and donated items. He temporarily set up camp at a local gymnasium which has been converted into a temporary housing shelter.

In most cases, they have had to leave their husbands and sons at home.

Most Ukrainian refugees are expected to make their way into the US from Mexico in the coming days, usually across the El Chaparral border from Tijuana in California.

Last week, hundreds of refugees arrived in Texas after moving from their homeland to the Netherlands before heading to Mexico.

“they will drive [in] Taxi all the way to the bridge, and they’ll say, ‘We’re asking for asylum,'” said executive director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Laredo, Rebecca Soloa.[Customs agents] Will take them down from the car and carry them forward.”

Many arriving in Mexico wish to be reunited with Ukrainian relatives already living in the United States.

Asylum numbers are unofficial and the true number of those crossing the border is probably higher than reported because many Ukrainian asylum-seeking immigrants bypass shelters altogether when they arrive.

The Biden administration announced last month that it would welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees displaced by the war.

The promise of accepting migrants does not extend to Russians, Mexicans and other South and Central American immigrants, who are also camping in Mexico.

A caravan of volunteers from Orange County, Calif., was also in town to offer humanitarian aid and said migrants were showing up on the west coast border after being turned away elsewhere.

The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to requests from The Post for information on the number of Ukrainian refugees.

wall street journal reported last month That more than 10,000 Ukrainians went to Mexico as tourists in the first two months of this year, and officials believe most of that number will eventually go to the US.