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Britain Debrief with Ben Judah

Britain Debrief is a new series of short interviews on Britain in the world brought to you by Ben Judah, a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a think-tank, in Washington DC. Every week Ben interviews a leading politician, thinker, analyst and more to work out Britain's place post-Brexit from all sides of the political field.  

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Can the West Airlift Ukrainian Refugees to Safety? | A Debrief from Gerald Knaus

Mar 24, 2022

Can the West Airlift Ukrainian Refugees to Safety?

With estimates of up to 3.5 million refugees flooding out of Ukraine following  the Russian military's invasion, I interviewed Gerald Knaus, Chair of the European Stability Initiative, on the feasibility of an airlift of Ukrainian refugees from Poland, Hungary, and Moldova to other parts of Europe and the United States to enable burden sharing.

How many refugees will need to be airlifted by the end of the month? How will the Ukrainian refugee crisis look in 6 months?