Generous aid to Ukraine is diverting resources away from other refugee crises around the world
Even before the current Ukraine crisis, a gap between global humanitarian needs and requisite funding to address them was growing.
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Even before the current Ukraine crisis, a gap between global humanitarian needs and requisite funding to address them was growing.
The international response to the refugee crisis in Ukraine has been impressive. But humanitarian aid is falling short to help refugees in other countries such as Bangladesh, Yemen and Ethiopia.
Aid groups worry that resources and diplomatic support will be diverted from other vulnerable communities around the world
International relief agencies say they welcome the global outpouring of aid for Ukraine since Russia's invasion but worry that the crisis is diverting attention and finances from equally urgent humanitarian emergencies in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere. The vast scale of the refugee...