Serena Parekh

“The discrimination here I think comes from giving Ukrainians the benefit of the doubt – that they will return home – and not other groups,” said Serena Parekh, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston and an expert on global refugee resettlement.

Serena Parekh Serena Parekh is a professor of philosophy at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and author of No Refuge: Ethics and the Global Refugee Crisis.

Serena Parekh, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston, said the way Western nations have offered to help Ukrainians is exactly how refugees should be treated. But she also said it’s difficult to overlook the discrepancies compared to how other people are treated, especially in countries that have used aggressive “pushback” policies to stop certain […]

“I think this is the model for how we should respond to refugees,” said Serena Parekh, a professor at Northeastern University and author of the book No Refuge: Ethics and the Global Refugee Crisis. “The attitude was one of compassion and solidarity, rather than fear and hostility.”

Al Jazeera speaks to professor Serena Parekh to explain Europe’s response to Ukrainian refugees compared to those from Syria.

Our “Skimm This” podcast team spoke with Serena Parekh, a professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Northeastern University, about what’s been happening in Ukraine. She studies refugee crises, and has been closely watching the situation unfold. She called what’s happening in eastern Europe “a huge, huge displacement.”

Guest: Serena Parekh, professor at Northeastern University in Boston and the director of its politics, philosophy and economics program.