How Ukraine affects other humanitarian crises

Published: April 5, 2022, 8 a.m.

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In a few short weeks, a quarter of Ukraine\\u2019s population has been displaced. The Inside Geneva podcast asks what this means for other refugee crises.

Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by humanitarian experts.
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\\xa0\\u201cWe will respond wherever there are humanitarian needs, regardless of where they are, and we urge that this compassion really be extended to all people who\\u2019ve been forced to flee,\\u201d says Shabia Mantoo, spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
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\\xa0UN emergency appeals for humanitarian crises in Afghanistan and Yemen are underfunded.
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\\xa0\\u201cThere is a huge outpouring for Ukraine, for the refugees, for the food, medical supplies, but that must mean that in other places in the world, they\\u2019re not getting what they should be getting,\\u201d says analyst Daniel Warner.
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\\xa0Food prices are rising and aid agencies face difficult decisions.
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\\xa0\\u201cWe do not want to find ourselves in a situation in which we need to decide whether to feed a hungry child or a starving child. Both of them need to be assisted,\\u201d says Annalisa Conte, director of the World Food Programme\\u2019s (WFP) Geneva Global Office.

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