Ukrainian Mothers and Children Transport
“Helping to bring Ukrainian refugees to America… one family at a time”
Ukranian Mothers and Children Transport (UMACT) is the collaborative effort of Lawyers, Professors and Law Students around the United States aiding Ukrainian families in securing travel visas to the United States as they flee the war in their home country.
Our Organization
Our mission is to assist Ukrainian families applying for Humanitarian Parole through the USCIS U4U program, and continue to assist them once they are granted entry to the United States by securing work permits, public benefits and more.
Take Action
Want to help? Individuals or organization can join our cause by offering legal aid, sponsoring families, or giving a tax deductible donation to help Ukrainian mothers and children relocate safely to the United States.
Press Release (Feb. 1, 2023)
Chapman University Fowler School of Law will offer a clinical program in academic year 2023-24 focusing on the international law issues and humanitarian crisis arising from Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the largest war in Europe since 1945. Ours is the first such legal program offered at any law school.
The Ukraine War Practicum on Assistance for Victims and Accountability for Perpetrators (“Ukraine War Practicum”) will give Chapman law students the opportunity to work on actual cases assisting Ukrainian refugees seeking shelter in the United States (Fall semester 2023) and/or an opportunity to engage in real-life projects dealing with the investigation and prosecution of crimes of aggression, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide arising from the Ukraine War (Spring semester 2024).
The Practicum will be directed by Professor Michael Bazyler, Chapman law professor and founder of the law school volunteer Ukrainian Mothers and Children Transport (UMACTransport.org) Initiative, a legal aid project created in Spring 2022 to provide emergency legal assistance to fleeing Ukrainian families.
Bazyler’s scholarship, experience and teaching focuses on international human rights and humanitarian law, with a special emphasis on law and the Holocaust. Bazyler arrived as a refugee to the United States from Communist Poland and was born in the Soviet Union from family in the Ukraine.
As with the end of WWII, future lawyers will be dealing with the aftermath of the Ukraine War atrocities for many years to come. The Practicum seeks to make our law students “practice ready” for this challenge. For further info see UMACTransport.org or email bazyler@chapman.edu
Ukraine War Practicum
How one Ukrainian refugee is adjusting to life in the U.S.
More than 6 million Ukrainians have fled their country since Russia's invasion in February. While most of those refugees made their way to neighboring European countries, some are now living in the United States. PBS Wisconsin's Marisa Wojcik spoke with one woman about her difficult decision to leave and how she's coping with life in America.