A series of refugee crises hardened EU policy; then Ukraine happened

European sympathy is pouring out to refugees from Ukraine, but two manufactured crises over the past two years have sapped the EU’s will to agree on common migration and asylum rules

A Syrian refugee claims food aid in Ristona camp (Photo: John Psaropoulos)

ATHENS, Greece – For the first time in almost a decade, Greece and Italy do not find themselves on the frontlines of a European refugee crisis.

Instead, thousands of Ukrainians displaced by the Russian invasion have poured into Poland and Romania, where they have been welcomed with…