03/26/2022
OPINION | What we’re witnessing in Europe isn’t just another refugee crisis. The exodus of Ukrainians is on track to produce one of the great diasporas of history.
Some 3.6 million Ukrainian refugees have fled the country. Compare that to 19th-century Ireland. Between 1840 and 1900, 6 million people left Ireland and scattered around the world. If the trends of the last month hold up, it won’t take long for the Ukrainian diaspora to rival or even exceed the Irish diaspora.
LUBLIN, Poland — President Biden’s announcement this week that the United States will accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees is an important first step. But even that number, large as it is in comparison to recent U.S. refugee quotas, may not be enough in the long run.