3 Ukrainian kids stuck in Mexico, can’t get back to Edmonton

Read more: Alberta begins welcoming people displaced by war in Ukraine Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists Ostapiv says she wanted to help them forget about the war and decided to take them on a vacation she had pre-booked before Russia invaded Ukraine.However, when it came time to head back to the airport, she learned the kids could not fly back to Canada.Ostapiv is a Canadian citizen, but her three adopted children, Anastasia, Yulia and Maksim, are not.

Read more: 1 in 3 Ukrainians with visas have arrived in Canada as applications near 700K Read next: Exclusive: Widow’s 911 call before James Smith Cree Nation murders reveals prior violence They hold a CUAET (Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel), which grants them one-time entry into the country.

It is not considered a refugee program.Ostapiv accepts all responsibility and says it’s her mistake, but says because her English isn’t great, she asked immigration officers if the kids could travel with those documents and was told yes.“When I’m doing (a) mistake and it only hurts me, it is OK, but when by mistake (makes the kids suffer), and they’re looking at me and (saying), ‘Don’t leave us!

We need to (come back to Canada),'” she said.“They are such good, nice kids.” Read more: Up to 250 fleeing Ukrainians coming to Edmonton on donated flight from Poland Read next: Google AI chatbot Bard gives wrong answer, sending shares plummeting The three children have been trapped in Mexico for two months now, hotel hopping on a weekly basis and unable to return to Edmonton.“It’s very hard to find space and to move out,” Ostapiv said. “Please, if it’s possible, just help me to bring them back home.”She.