据一名高级政府官员透露，美国总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)将于周四宣布，美国将接受10万名乌克兰难民。
“为了实现这一承诺，我们正在考虑进入美国的所有合法途径，包括美国难民接纳计划、假释以及移民和非移民签证，”这位官员告诉记者。
该官员还表示，接收10万名乌克兰难民的承诺没有任何特定的时间框架。
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这位官员重申，政府仍然认为大多数难民更愿意留在邻国或欧盟的其他地方。
东欧城市和国家已经被难民淹没。一名高级政府官员上周告诉美国广播公司新闻，美国难民计划“不是一个应急计划，所以我们的目标是提供人道主义援助，以确保人们目前的安全。”
难民留在美国的过程很复杂。审查它需要一个联合国机构的推荐。国务卿安东尼·布林肯说，政府正在“研究我们近期可以采取的措施”
白宫没有宣布将如何处理这些难民的细节。政府官员表示，具体细节将在“未来几周”公布
难民重新安置过程也可能需要数年时间。据报道，今年2月，美国接纳了2133名难民中的427名乌克兰难民国务院数据部。
据报道，自俄罗斯入侵乌克兰以来，已有超过360万难民逃离该国联合国难民署。大多数难民逃到了邻近国家，超过200万人越境进入波兰。
该地区的美国大使馆和领事馆正在处理紧急签证申请，但已经不堪重负。
一名政府高级官员上周表示:“我们无法处理这么多人考虑这一选项的情况。”。
根据美国法律，移民签证只适用于直系亲属——即配偶、21岁以下未婚子女和父母。不属于这一类的家庭可以向美国公民和移民服务局提交申请，以批准他们的案件。
拜登周四将宣布为受俄罗斯战争影响的人提供10多亿美元的人道主义援助。一名政府高级官员告诉记者:“这笔资金是我们已经提供的资金之外的额外资金，将提供食物、住所、清洁水、医疗用品和其他形式的援助。”美国还将在未来五年内提供110亿美元，用于解决世界各地的粮食安全威胁和营养不良问题。这将通过“喂养未来”倡议来实现。
US says it will accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees
President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce that the U.S. will accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, according to a senior administration official.
“To meet this commitment, we are considering the full range of legal pathways to the United States and that includes U.S. refugee admissions program, parole and immigrant and non-immigrant visas,” the official told reporters.
The official also said the commitment to take in 100,000 Ukrainian refugees was not tied to any particular time frame.
The official reiterated that the administration still believed the majority of refugees would prefer to stay in neighboring countries or elsewhere in the European Union.
Eastern European cities and countries have become overwhelmed with refugees. A senior administration official told ABC News last week that the U.S. refugee program "is not an emergency response program, so our goal would be to provide humanitarian assistance to keep people safe where they are for now."
The process for refugees to stay in the U.S. is complex. Vetting it required as well as a referral from a United Nations agency. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the administration is "looking at steps that we can take in the near term."
The White House did not announce specifics on how it will process these refugees. Administration officials said specifics will be announced "in the coming weeks."
The refugee resettlement process can also take years. In February, the U.S. admitted 427 Ukrainian refugees out of 2,133 refugees in total, according toDepartment of State data.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 3.6 million refugees have fled the country, according to theU.N. Refugee Agency. The majority of the refugees have fled to nearby countries, with more than 2 million people crossing into Poland.
U.S. embassies and consulates in the region are processing emergency visa applications but are overwhelmed.
"We are not able to process the volume of the people who are thinking about that as an option," a senior administration official said last week.
According to U.S. law, immigrant visas only apply to immediate family -- meaning spouses, unmarried children under 21 and parents. Family not in that category can submit a petition to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to approve their case.
Biden on Thursday will announce more than $1 billion in new funding for humanitarian assistance for those affected by Russia’s war. "This funding will be additional to money that we have already provided and will provide food, shelter, clean water, medical supplies and other forms of assistance," a senior administration official told reporters. The U.S. will also provide $11 billion over the next five years to address food security threats and malnutrition across the world. This will be done through the Feed the Future initiative.
