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Phoenix realtor helps refugeesUkrainian

LEENIKA BELFIELD-MARTIN

Phoenix realtor helps refugeesUkrainian

LEENIKA BELFIELD-MARTIN

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine persists into its fourth week, many Americans are searching for ways to help refugees. One local realtor has tapped into his international network to help find housing

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine persists into its fourth week, many Americans are searching for ways to help refugees. One local realtor has tapped into his international network to help find housing and other assistance for those fleeing the country. “It’s more than just about the Ukrainian people. It’s a moral, human issue. We as humans have a moral obligation to help people who want to live a free life on this planet,” realtor Oleg Bortman said. Bortman is a Ukrainian Jew who came over to the United States with his sister and parents in 1979. He was only a toddler during this time, but his parents had shared with him the stories of how they traveled from Austria to Italy before eventually immigrating to the U.S. “We spent between five to six weeks in two foreign countries without speaking the language and without any money. So I can’t imagine what it’s like or how difficult it would be uprooting my whole family like these refugees have done,” he said. Once he found out that a cousin of his from Florida had relatives displaced by the conflict, he knew that it was time for him to use his skills as a realtor to help. “I saw all the stuff

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