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Salon
Lifestyle
Robert F. Barsky

Classic literature insights on refugees

Dorris Bowdon, Jane Darwell and Henry Fonda in "The Grapes of Wrath," directed by John Ford, 1940. 20th Century Fox/Courtesy of Getty Images

The United Nations has warned that the war in Ukraine could create "the biggest refugee crisis this century." Two and a half million people have already fled.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world sits watching the war on screens, which can promote empathy but also can lead to helplessness and distress.

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