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Politico (12 May 2022)

BY GIOVANNA COI, ARNAU BUSQUETS GUÀRDIA, CORNELIUS HIRSCH, JACOPO BARIGAZZI, TIM BALL AND JAMES RANDERSON

When it comes to refugees, the European Union’s treatment of those fleeing the war in Ukraine is the exception — to a dark and deadly rule. 

The millions of Ukrainians who have sought refuge in the EU have received a very different welcome from those fleeing other conflicts, including the wars in Syria and Afghanistan, where some of the bloc’s countries have been directly involved. 

Just as the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine upended EU policies on everything from NATO expansion to where the bloc sources its energy, the EU’s approach to refugees was quickly revisited. 

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