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Some refugees stay in temporary status for up to 26 years – how they still manage to create homes and communities

  • Written by Anita H. Fábos, Professor of International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University
Some refugees stay in temporary status for up to 26 years – how they still manage to create homes and communitiesA cafe in Cairo, Egypt, that is predominantly visited by Sudanese migrants, in August 2017.Oliver Weiken/picture alliance via Getty Images

More than 6.5 million Ukrainian war refugees are now scattered across Europe and North America, most with temporary emergency residency allowing them to stay in host countries for one to three years.

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