‘Unprecedented hospitality’: Treatment of Ukraine’s refugees highlights European hypocrisy (Opinion)

MEDYKA, POLAND - MARCH 30: People, mainly women and children, make their way through Medyka border crossing after journeying from war-torn Ukraine on March 30, 2022 in Medyka, Poland. The Polish government has said it may spend €24 billion this year hosting refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, and is seeking more support from the European Union. With more than 2.3 million Ukrainian refugees, Poland is now the country with the second-largest foreign refugee population after Turkey. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

'Unprecedented hospitality': Treatment of Ukraine's refugees highlights European hypocrisy (Opinion)

Human Rights Watch UK Director Yasmine Ahmed explains how the West's unprecedented hospitality towards Ukrainian refugees has highlighted stark differences in treatment given to refugees from other conflicts.

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MEDYKA, POLAND - MARCH 30: People, mainly women and children, make their way through Medyka border crossing after journeying from war-torn Ukraine on March 30, 2022 in Medyka, Poland. The Polish government has said it may spend €24 billion this year hosting refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, and is seeking more support from the European Union. With more than 2.3 million Ukrainian refugees, Poland is now the country with the second-largest foreign refugee population after Turkey. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

'Unprecedented hospitality': Treatment of Ukraine's refugees highlights European hypocrisy (Opinion)

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