Tag: Ukrainian refugees

Yullia Horbenko, a Ukrainian refugee working with World Relief Spokane, fears her refugee status despite a parole extension. Uncertainty looms for her and other refugees as they discover new U.S. policy changes.

Spokane-based nonprofit Thrive International was founded less than three weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine, sparking one of the largest refugee crises in the world — prompting the organization to pivot to focus on the thousands of displaced Ukrainians entering Spokane.