A couple of refugees remained in Ukraine without work and housing because of Trump's decree

Yuri Karpenko expected that the parents of his wife, Georgy and Larisa Gablii, who received refugee status in the United States, would fly to Seattle from Ukraine in mid-February.

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However, they, like about 20 of thousands of other refugees, will not be able to get into the United States after President Donald Trump has blocked the reception program for refugees for 120 days, writes BuzzFeed.

"It's horrible. They are already elderly people and want some kind of security in life. And now they don’t have security, not even housing,” said Karpenko.

According to him, his mother-in-law and father-in-law received the right to enter the United States as refugees in November 2016, fleeing from religious persecution and conflict in Ukraine. Karpenko said that his family lives approximately 70 km from the combat zone and saw the military and tanks passing through their city.

The couple began preparing to move to the United States and, in accordance with legal requirements, renounced their Ukrainian citizenship, quit their jobs and sold their apartment. Currently, they are stuck in Kharkov, where they are without work, without housing and do not have the opportunity to travel outside the country. They will be in this position for at least the next 4 months - until the refugee ban is lifted, if it is lifted.

The World Relief Refugee Office in Seattle in February awaited the arrival of 90 refugees from Ukraine, who are now in limbo.

In the city, the organization is headed by Lydia Rudenko, who herself came to the United States from Ukraine as a refugee in the 1989 year after 10 years of waiting.

She had to ring up with 36 families and tell them that their relatives would not be able to come to the US due to Trump’s ban. Everyone's reaction was different, some had to be reassured, having listened to and supported each of them, so by the evening Lydia almost lost her voice from the excitement and tension.

In addition to being banned from entering the US, 7 citizens of countries with a predominantly Muslim population Trump also stopped accepting refugees from other countries. It is difficult to estimate the exact number of people affected by this ban. According to UN Committee on Refugeessuch about 20 thousands.

Ukraine is not in the top 10 countries, of which the most refugees go to the US, but in 2016, the number has increased significantly. In total, last year, 2 543 came to Ukraine as refugees from Ukraine, which raised Ukraine to 17's place in the list of countries with the highest number of asylum seekers in the United States.

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