Europe's Other Refugee Crisis

European Disunion/Global Post: Don’t forget about Europe's other major migration crisis

KYIV, Ukraine — There’s another European migration crisis out there, and it’s one you probably haven’t heard about in a while.

More than 2 million people have fled their homes in eastern Ukraine since government troops and Russian-backed separatists went to war last year.

Hundreds of thousands of residents have sought refuge next-door in Russia. But most of those who've escaped their hometowns — more than 1.4 million — remain in Ukraine as internally displaced people, or IDPs, according to the United Nations.

Fighting has calmed down from its latest peak earlier this year. Meanwhile, images of Europe’s refugee crisis in global media have replaced those of eastern Ukraine’s destruction and despair.

WNU Editor: Regular readers of this blog know that this has hit me personally. Two of my cousins and their families from Ukraine are now living in my parent's home outside of Moscow. Fortunately .... everyone in my family (on both my father and mother sides) have pitched in, and these cousins and their spouses are working and able to make ends meet .... but they are the lucky ones. My prediction .... if the conflict and dire economic conditions in Ukraine continue for another year .... my advice to Europe (and Russia) is that they better be prepared for a wave of  2 to 3 million Ukrainian refugees/migrants.