Europe’s New Refugee Crisis.
By Admin.
| Europe has taken in 4.4 million Ukrainians this year, in addition to more than 365,000 first-time asylum applicants, many fleeing threats in Syria and Afghanistan. |
| That number is even more than in 2015, which stood out as the landmark period of migration in contemporary European history, when 1.2 million refugees fleeing wars in the Middle East arrived. |
| The new refugee crisis is raising uncomfortable questions about the distribution of refugees — and their uneven treatment — while heightening concerns over the anticipated arrival of more Ukrainians. The new humanitarian crisis holds an increasing risk of political fallout. |
| Quotable: “This is going to be a tough winter in Europe, which is facing the biggest forced displacement since World War II,” said Hanne Beirens, director of Migration Policy Institute Europe. “The conflict in Ukraine is being protracted, and the Ukrainians are going to stay longer.” |
| Context: The war in Ukraine has forced more than 14 million people to leave their homes, the U.N. said.
Credit. New York Times. |
