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A Tale of Two Refugees: The Story of Two Asylum-Seeking Children From Drastically Different Countries & The Fates That Awaited Them

Pitfalls in both U.S. & European immigration and refugee systems are being highlighted as the Russian invasion of Ukraine forces thousands into refugee status.

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Kendi King
Mar 13, 2022
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A man helps a woman and two children as they cross the Ukrainian border into Poland. (Photo by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Yosell was 9-years-old when he traveled alone, mostly walking on the dangerous trek from Honduras to the United States. His only means of identification was a pink hat with a tag his mother scrawled the phone number of a …

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