The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed the response by advanced countries to the Ukrainian refugee crisis and urged them to act in a similar way towards refugees from other conflict zones, regardless of nationality, race or religion.
The number of people fleeing Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24 has climbed to more than 3 million in what has become Europe’s fastest growing refugee crisis since World War Two.
Some human rights groups and Arab refugees have contrasted the Western reaction to the way Europe sought to hold back Syrian and other refugees in 2015.The UN refugee agency told Reuters it was “deeply concerned by rising xenophobia, discrimination and exclusion” against refugees and asylum seekers in recent years and felt the Ukraine refugee crisis provided an opportunity to reflect.
“UNHCR continues to advocate for access to protection for all of those who seek it, including those from Syria, Yemen, Ethiopia and other countries and regions, based on the international obligations of asylum countries to protect refugees.”She said the agency was in discussions with countries including Britain, the United States and in Europe over their refugee policies.
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