Immigration

Displaced Ukrainians now tie for largest refugee crisis worldwide

By Anna Giaritelli
Published August 31, 2022 6:19pm ET
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Displaced Ukrainians now tie for largest refugee crisis worldwide
Ukrainian refugees wait in a gymnasium on April 5, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are arriving daily to this Mexican border city, where they wait two to four days for U.S officials to admit them on humanitarian parole. | (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

As many Ukrainians as Venezuelans and Syrians have fled their home countries amid war and poverty, with more than 6.8 million refugees from each nation now seeking asylum around the world.

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