Three years after the war with Russia, Ukrainians continue to settle in Manitoba – Winnibig star-news.press/wp

Since his departure from Ukraine in August 2022, Mila Chicotta has built a new life in Wenipeg.

Her daughter at school. She and her partner bought a house. Until she traveled to Kyiv last year to visit the family and bring her beloved cat to Canada.

She said, “I can say that I merged into Canadian life, but of course I miss my homeland and worry about it.”

“I read news news every day, and I am in contact with my mother and with my relatives.”

Shykota is one of the Ukrainian 298128 who came to Canada through the license of Canada Ukraine to travel in emergency situations (CUAET), a federal program presented in March 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Nearly 300,000 Ukrainians are their way to Manitoba, according to Joan Lewandowski, head of the Canadian Canadian Congress branch in Manitoba.

“People still come here regularly,” she said. “Only last week we received a call from Tennessee … and we get regular calls from Europe, and perhaps people in Poland or in Italy.”

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Lewandowski says UCC also sees people who initially settled in other provinces who choose to move to Manitoba because of the cost of living and the large Ukrainian population in the province.

The government of Manitoba was offered Support For Ukrainian refugees, including caring for children and paying medical examinations for migration. With no programs, Lewandowski says that UCC goal is to fill the “gaps” that remain.

“We still have a help center here. People still bring things and people take them,” she said.

The organization also offers English lessons in Gimli, Brandon, Winkler and Winnipeg, thanks to the financing of provinces. Nine hundred students will start in the classroom in the fall.

“This is definitely filling a very prominent gap now in Manitoba,” said Lewandowski.

Shykota has a permanent residence, but for some other Ukrainians in Canada under Cuaet, the future is uncertain. Those who arrived or before March 31, 2024, are able to apply for work or study permits through temporary immigration measures, but those who then arrived should do this through the immigration, refugee and citizenship process in Canada. The federal government announced discounts for immigration goals last year.

“I know many who returned from Canada to Europe and even to Ukraine,” said Chicotta.

While moving forward with WinypeeG, Chicotta said every day the war continues is the “psychological pressure” of the Ukrainians, who claims the victims every day.

“Ukraine is a very brave country. Our people are really heroes, but we need help, and we need support, because it is not only the war for Ukraine, it is only for the whole world, and you can support us.”

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