Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An ongoing refugee crisis began in Europe in late February 2022 after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Over 6 million refugees fleeing Ukraine are recorded across Europe, [1] while an estimated 8 million others had been displaced within the country by late May 2022. [needs update][2][3][4] Approximately one-quarter of the country's total ...
The Canada‑Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (or CUAET) is a temporary travel visa introduced by the Canadian government in March 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The program provides temporary status to Ukrainian nationals and their family members, allowing visa holders to travel, study, and work within Canada for up ...
Ukrainian Canadians. Ukrainian Canadians[N 1] are Canadian citizens of Ukrainian descent or Ukrainian -born people who immigrated to Canada. In the late 19th century, the first Ukrainian immigrants arrived in Canada. They were primarily farmers and labourers who were looking for a better life and economic opportunities.
In setting the annual target for refugees, the Biden administration set aside 10,000 refugee visas for people from Europe, but it could expand that number to take in more Ukrainians if needed.
Yuliya Ihorivna Kovaliv (Ukrainian: Юлія Ігорівна Ковалів) (born January 9, 1985) is a Ukrainian diplomat. Since March 9, 2022, she has been the Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada.
Embassy of Canada in Kyiv. Diplomatic relations were established between Canada and Ukraine on December 2, 1991. [ 1] Canada was the first western nation to recognize Ukraine's independence from the USSR. [ 2] Canada opened its embassy in Kyiv in April 1992, and the Embassy of Ukraine in Ottawa opened in October of that same year, paid for ...
The Ukrainian diaspora is found throughout numerous countries worldwide. It is particularly concentrated in other post-Soviet states (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, and Russia), Central Europe (the Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland), North America (Canada and the United States), and South America (Argentina and Brazil).
The first country was the Syrian Arab Republic with 6.5 million refugees, followed by Ukraine with 5.7 million, and Afghanistan, ranking third with 5.7 million refugees. [2] In 2022, the government reported approximately 113,300 refugees who resettled, while UNHCR documented 116,500 refugees relocated to states for resettlement. [2]