More than 300 refugees from the war in Ukraine have come to Alaska to settle, mainly near family in places with Slavic communities.
Anchorage-based New Chance church members Zori Opanasevych, left, and her sister, Oksana Vakulich, and other volunteers statewide are among many in the state’s faith communities who are working to bring Ukrainians displaced by war to Alaska.
Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine back in February, President Biden enacted the Uniting for Ukraine program to help those fleeing the conflict find a temporary home more quickly than through conventional refugee efforts. Since then, more than 54,000 have come to America under the program, including theUkrainians also have come to the United States through other programs and as private citizens traveling on a visa.Spatrisano said she and her staff have been busy over the past few months.
“The largest Ukrainian communities statewide, per Census data, are Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley and Delta Junction,” she said in an interview last week.
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