Document Type
Essay
Publication Date
Spring 2024
Abstract
The war in Ukraine created one of the largest refugee crises in the world today, and the European Union has played a significant role in accepting these individuals into various Member States. The protection of Ukrainian refugees, or any refugee for the record, is important. However, the European Union has been more accepting and welcoming to Ukrainian refugees compared to refugees coming from other places, indicating potential biases of European Union policies and the othering of non-Ukrainian refugees. To study this, this paper will utilize a comparative case study of Ukrainian and Syrian refugees. The paper will compare these two cases because they are the two largest refugee crises in the world today, and the magnitude of both conflicts provides a strong foundation to be able to compare the actions of the European Union.
Recommended Citation
Cooper, Madelyn, "Refugees and the EU: A Study of the Preferential Treatment of Ukrainian Refugees" (2024). Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics. 27.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/ethics_essay/27
Comments
Honorable mention prize winner.