The first and only known Russian refugees to flee Putin’s draft to Alaska embarked on a nearly 300-mile boat ride across the Bering Strait after authorities knocked on their doors. Now, they await asylum decisions from a Washington state detention center.
and Hungary, and in fewer numbers, to the U.S., with many coming in through the southern border. More than 21,000 Russians were processed by U.S. authorities at the border in the 2022 fiscal year, compared with just over 450 in 2020.The mass exodus has left U.S. officials at embassies worldwide and along the southern border scrambling, as.
When asked if there’s any update to the administration’s migration policy, a State Department spokesperson said that officials are aware of the influx of Russians fleeing the country, but deferred asylum questions to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The day after he left the Gambell, Sergey emailed Silook, asking for help finding a place to stay. That’s the last the city clerk heard from him. But Silook has been in touch with Pastor Roman Mitin atWhen there’s a room available at the church’s house, “we have them stay, make sure they get on record with ICE. Then they get a driver’s license and all the documents they need to start” living in the United States, Mitin said, explaining that he is checking for availability this week.
Back in Gambell, residents are on alert for more dissidents coming across the strait, though none have arrived yet. However, three weeks before Sergey and Maksim arrived, remnants of a life raft with gear in it washed up on shore. Silook believes it could have been a different attempt by the same men, another refugee trying to make the journey, or simply debris from a hunting boat.CORRECTION: A previous version of this article misspelled the name of one of the Russian men. His name is Maksim.
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