How you can help all refugees — from Ukraine and beyond

Let’s move past the myth of the “deserving” refugee to ease global suffering.

 The big exodus of Ukrainian refugees isn’t an accident – it’s part of Putin’s plan to destabilize Europe

The European Union has welcomed Ukrainian refugees, allowing them to enter its 27 member countries without visas and live and work there for up to three years. Everyday Europeans have also opened their doors – and pockets – to host Ukrainians and help them find day care, for example, and other services. But there is still an uncomfortable reality: Ukrainian refugees are also Russian President Vladimir Putin’s political pawns, intended to politically destabilize the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

The Guardian view on Ukraine’s refugees: Britain’s grudging welcome

The government has promised help, but the granting of visas is proving painfully slow.

Europe’s embrace of Ukrainian refugees, explained in six charts and one map

Data shows why Ukrainian refugees are being treated differently than others fleeing violence.

Exodus: the four kinds of Ukrainian refugee

The planners, the frantic, the bemused and the pros.

How a massive influx of Ukraine refugees could change Europe

The vast majority have ended up in other European countries, where they've been welcomed with open arms. That's in stark contrast to the last migrant crisis in Europe, which peaked in 2015. At that time, just over a million migrants entered Europe, leading to a backlash in several countries that paved the way for anti-immigration politicians and calls for asylum reform.

How tech volunteers helped build out Ukrainian refugee centers

With tens of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the country every day, refugee centers in Poland struggled to match new arrivals with resources to help them.

How the Ukrainian refugee crisis will change Europe

The number fleeing Ukraine has passed 4m. The welcome may not last.

Lessons from history for our response to Ukrainian refugees

Millions of people have fled Ukraine as a result of Russia’s invasion in February 2022. This column argues that the massive refugee flow requires a united response from European countries, including the UK. Beyond providing shelter and food, it emphasises the importance of access to education for refugees. Episodes of forced migration following WWII underscore the importance of human capital accumulation. Ultimately, providing timely access to education can be a silver lining of forced migration, allowing refugees to invest in a brighter future.

Refugees from other wars see themselves in fleeing Ukrainians

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with people about the experience of being a refugee, how fleeing their home country has affected their life and what life is like now.

Some Ukrainian Refugees Are Returning Home, Despite the Risks

A growing number of families, convinced the war could last for years, have decided that facing danger at home is better than life as a refugee.

Thinking of welcoming a Ukrainian refugee into your home? Our research can help you be a good host

Hosting is also an investment and enrichment for the host’s own lives. The hosts in our studies show that as months go by they feel a great sense of connection and companionship, with many stating they had found “friends for life”. For those who had children in the household, they found that their childrens’ eyes had been opened to a whole new world, learning a new language and culture and becoming more tolerant of those who are different from them.

Ukraine Refugees: What to Know About the Humanitarian Situation

Most of the refugees are women and children because of a law in Ukraine that prevents most men of fighting age from leaving the country.

Ukraine refugees’ trauma creates ‘crisis on top of a crisis’ for Eastern Europe

Ukrainians traumatized by war have streamed into neighboring countries that lack capacity to offer counseling and support.

Ukraine war creating a child refugee almost every second: UNICEF

Some 1.5 million children have now joined the exodus from Ukraine, at a rate of just under one per second, since the Russian invasion began on 24 February.

Ukraine’s Diaspora

It is the largest displacement of Europeans since World War II, according to the United Nations. More than half of Ukraine’s children are no longer living in their homes.

Ukrainian female refugees are fleeing a war, but in some cases more violence awaits them where they find shelter

My research suggests that it is difficult to prevent even humanitarian aid workers themselves from committing abuse against civilians, in part because of organizational cultures.