Hundreds of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of their country have arrived at the Mexican border city of Tijuana to seek US asylum
"Approximately at this moment in Tijuana, there are about 1,500 Ukrainians," said Enrique Lucero, director of migrant affairs for the city."We had a surprising influx in the past four days, mainly because after the conflict we started seeing arrivals as of March 11," and the numbers of people arriving have grown greatly since, Lucero said.
CNN has reached out to the State Department and US Customs and Border Protection but did not receive a response Saturday.A 21-year-old asylum seeker from Ukraine waits with others from her country for US border authorities to allow them in on the Mexican side of the San Ysidro Crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on March 24, 2022.
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