Ukrainian Consul General: ‘California is a Refugee Friendly State'
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has far-reaching effects, from the potential of refugees traveling to California to the ways the effects on the oil and gas supply might extend work-from-home practices.
By Conan Nolan • Published March 20, 2022 • Updated on March 20, 2022 at 4:49 pm
The head of the Ukrainian Consulate in San Francisco says his office has a small, but growing, database of California residents offering to sponsor families fleeing Ukraine and that Governor Gavin Newsom has assured him California is a "refugee friendly state."
"We are getting calls from people who want to come here, or their relatives are calling us," said Dmytro Kushneruk, the Consul General of Ukraine for the western United States.
The Ukrainian diplomat says that, unlike previous refugee crises, he expects most of those arriving won’t stay.
"People will really be interested in coming back because Ukraine is a great country to live," he said during NBC4's NewsConference program on Sunday.
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