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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Hassan Hankir and Hams Rabah

Arab refugees see double standards in Europe's embrace of Ukrainians

Internally displaced Syrians walk together near tents at a camp in Azaz, Syria March 1, 2022. Picture taken March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

Syrian refugee Ahmad al-Hariri, who fled the war in his country for neighbouring Lebanon 10 years ago, spent the last decade hoping in vain to escape to a new life in Europe.

Watching European nations open their arms to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in less than a week, the father of three can't help but compare their fates.

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