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Anita H. Fábos, Professor of International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University

Some refugees stay in temporary status indefinitely – how they still manage to create homes and communities

A 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.

But roughly half a year into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war looks unlikely to end soon. Ukrainians may be unable to return to their home country for years to come.

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