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May 18, 2022

Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees

Racism lowers the floor for how all people are treated. But it’s not too late to change.

By Khury Petersen-Smith, Azadeh Shahshahani

Photo Credit: Mario Tama / Getty Images
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As Russian forces continue to brutalize Ukraine, millions of Ukrainians have been forced to flee their country. Most have fled to Europe, but thousands have also made their way to the United States by way of Mexico.

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Read the full article at The Nation.

Originally in The Nation.

Khury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. Azadeh Shahshahani is the legal and advocacy director with Project South and a past president of the National Lawyers Guild.

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