Canada has a choice to make in how it responds to a global refugee crisis
COVID-19 has been another huge contributor to our current challenges. In developed countries, it has isolated citizens in their homes, made them more insecure in their jobs and has led to increased demands for governments to solve the crisis. This understandable demand from the public has, in turn, put democratic governments in a position where helping at home comes first.
But Ukraine is not unique. The rapid, collective response from Western countries to this latest crisis has led to some questions about those suffering in the refugee camps of Colombia, the Sahel, East Africa, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and beyond. Have we created different standards of response to competing situations?
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