Russia’s invasion isn’t only devastating the lives of ordinary Ukrainians but is also disrupting global supply chains and increasing poverty around the world.
Ukrainian refugees wait near the U.S. border in Tijuana, Mexico.
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Four scholars of race, religion and immigration explain how US refugee and asylum policy has long been racially and religiously discriminatory in practice.
A Ukrainian family crosses into Slovakia on Feb. 25, 2022.
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Female Ukrainian refugees are suddenly tasked with shouldering both home and work responsibilities. Policy measures are needed to respond to women’s unique situations during this war.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paints Easter eggs with newly arrived Ukrainian and Iranian children at the Ukrainian Community Outreach Centre in Edmonton on April 12.
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The ‘air bridge’ for Ukrainians to Canada has the potential to be more promising than anything else in recent Canadian refugee history. Canadians should support and celebrate it.
People march in Saskatoon, Sask., with the flag of Ukraine during a rally mourning the deaths of civilians killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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As Ukrainian refugees seek support from strangers online, it’s important that authorities are aware of who they are in contact with and where they are staying.
Volunteers help Ukrainian refugees upon their arrival at Amsterdam Central station by train from Berlin.
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Even once the war in Ukraine ends, the millions of people who fled from their homes might not be quick to return. The faster the war ends, the more likely it is they will go back.
Refugees must be given the chance to work and make a full life for themselves in host countries.
The U.S. has evacuated 84,600 Afghans since August 2021, but many of these people remain in a legal limbo.
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Tazreena Sajjad, American University School of International Service
The U.S. has promised to take in 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. But there is concern that this could further complicate efforts to welcome and resettle Afghan evacuees.
A Ukrainian woman who fled the war is pictured with her son after they crossed into Moldova on March 18, 2022.
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While most people offering support to Ukrainians are well-intentioned, it’s not always the case. There are a reports of women and girls fleeing Ukraine being raped in their new countries.
A Ukrainian refugee takes soup at the train station in Przemysl, southeastern Poland, March 17, 2022.
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Given Poland’s long stance against immigrants and refugees, it might not always be a warm welcome for Ukrainians.
People who fled the war in Ukraine rest inside an indoor gymnasium being used as a refugee centre in the village of Medyka, a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine, on March 15, 2022.
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The European Union is once again faced with the danger of destabilization. Putin’s cyberwar on free societies using the migration crisis went well in 2015. He must not succeed now in Poland or beyond.
African residents in Ukraine wait at Lviv railway station on Feb. 27, 2022. The Ukraine refugee crisis revealed deep-seated racism as racialized and Black refugees from Ukraine were treated differently.
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The racism seen in the Ukraine refugee crisis reflects a long legacy of how the West defines who is human. We need a new definition that respects the dignity of all humans.
Jay Marlowe, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
New Zealand has opened the borders to up to 4,000 Ukrainians fleeing violence in their home country. Why haven’t we been so welcoming to refugees from other parts of the world?
A 41-year-old man presses his palms against the window of a train as he says goodbye to his five-year-old daughter as she leaves for Lviv at the Kyiv station on March 4, 2022. He was staying behind to fight Russian forces.
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Policies and programs to address war-induced displacement in Ukraine must explicitly take into account the rights of children, including the best interests of the child.
A Yemeni mother holds the tiny foot of her malnourished child in 2021.
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Jessica Eise, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Far more people are dying of hunger around the world than in Europe’s new war.
A woman holds a child as she arrives with other displaced Ukrainians at the train station in Przemysl, Poland, on Mar. 3, 2022.
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Wealthy states sort people into hierarchies, keeping ‘unwanted people’ in their regions of origin while facilitating mobility for supposedly ideal migrants.
People wait for a train to Poland at Lviv railway station, Ukraine, in February 2022.
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Senior Lecturer and Director of the SITADHub (Social Impact Technologies and Democracy Research Hub) in the School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney