Helping refugees when millions more are on the move
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed the global total of refugees to over 100 million. Refugees are like you and me – but not always welcome.
By Helen Womack
‘Anyone can become a refugee; refugees are just like you and me.’
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) regularly stresses this message to the public. In six years of writing about refugees, I have come to understand what they go through, how they cope.
This year, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed the global total of forcibly displaced people to a record figure of over 100 million. The exodus of Ukrainian refugees differs from the refugee crisis of 2015, when 1.3 million people from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries came over sea and land to reach Europe.
In 2015, many of the asylum seekers were men – either young, single men or married men who did not want to risk the lives of their wives and children on the treacherous sea crossings. They hoped to gain a foothold in Europe so their love...
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