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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced more than a million people to flee in a week. It is an exodus so swift it almost matches the number of people who sought refuge in a whole year during Europe's 2015 migration crisis.. Seven years ago, hundreds of thousands of Syrians fled their strife-torn country. Together with people escaping fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere, they headed west. Thousands died at sea trying to reach a continent where many didn’t want them. As Russian forces inflict massive destruction on a neighboring nation today, Europeans have now united in extending a helping hand. The European Union decided Thursday to grant people fleeing Ukraine temporary protection and residency permits.