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Most likely these two Siberians are Yupik because they obviously left the coastal area, and fortunately many of the native villages in Alaska are also Yupik, just separated by international borders on opposite sides of the Bering Sea.
Quite possibly they will be able to be released to a Yupik village in Alaska. As an aside, the Yupik villages in Alaska have Orthodox Churches just as they do in Siberia so even if they are not religious it is a familiar piece of their shared culture/s.
I am pretty sure they will be treated well and over time be restored to a better life. Not an option if they had gone to Ukraine. Or less of an option, I should say.
It's a stupid war. Glad to see these guys got out.
Alaska asylum seekers are Indigenous Siberians from Russia
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — (AP) — Two Russian Indigenous Siberians were so scared of having to fight the war in Ukraine, they chanced everything to take a small boat across the treacherous Bering Sea to reach American soil, Alaska’s senior U.S. senator said after talking with the two.
The two, identified as males by a resident, landed earlier this month near Gambell, on Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Strait, where they asked for asylum.
Alaska asylum seekers are Indigenous Siberians from Russia
Most likely these two Siberians are Yupik because they obviously left the coastal area, and fortunately many of the native villages in Alaska are also Yupik, just separated by international borders on opposite sides of the Bering Sea.
Quite possibly they will be able to be released to a Yupik village in Alaska. As an aside, the Yupik villages in Alaska have Orthodox Churches just as they do in Siberia so even if they are not religious it is a familiar piece of their shared culture/s.
I am pretty sure they will be treated well and over time be restored to a better life. Not an option if they had gone to Ukraine. Or less of an option, I should say.
It's a stupid war. Glad to see these guys got out.
Alaska asylum seekers are Indigenous Siberians from Russia
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — (AP) — Two Russian Indigenous Siberians were so scared of having to fight the war in Ukraine, they chanced everything to take a small boat across the treacherous Bering Sea to reach American soil, Alaska’s senior U.S. senator said after talking with the two.
The two, identified as males by a resident, landed earlier this month near Gambell, on Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Strait, where they asked for asylum.
Alaska asylum seekers are Indigenous Siberians from Russia
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