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Generous aid to Ukraine is diverting resources away from other refugee crises around the world

  • Written by Tazreena Sajjad, Senior Professorial Lecturer of Global Governance, Politics and Security, American University School of International Service
imageIn this picture taken Sept. 29, 2022, Rohingya refugees line up to gather relief supplies at a refugee camp in Bangladesh.Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images

Nearly 10 months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the ongoing war has produced over 7.7 million refugees.

An additional 7 million Ukrainians have lost their homes and are...

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