According to the report, the EU as a whole "revealed double standards" in its handling of the numerous Syrians, Afghans, Palestinians, Somalians, and other asylum seekers."
The international reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine was praised by Human Rights Watch on Thursday, and the organisation urged nations to demonstrate the same compassion for people caught up in other wars.
The interim executive director of the US-based NGO, Tirana Hassan, told AFP in London that "there has been a blazing light among the fog of war and the darkness that we have witnessed in this crisis in Ukraine."
As HRW unveiled its yearly report on rights throughout the world, she stated, "That has been the international reaction and the commitment to international justice."
In reality, there is cause for optimism.
In the study, HRW encouraged nations to "scale up the political will to handle other crises" and "replicate the best of the international reaction in Ukraine."
Following the start of the war in February of last year, millions of citizens from Ukraine crossed international borders in search of safety in nations in Europe.
According to the study, by September "more than 4 million refugees from Ukraine — around 90% of them women and children" have relocated to nations in the European Union.
'Double standards'
Hassan stated that "the European governments truly joined together to welcome refugees." However, Ukraine's visa requirements were still in place in Britain.
Both the International Criminal Court in The Hague and the UN office for human rights are looking into potential war crimes in Ukraine.
We have never before in the history of reacting to wars seen a coordinated international response where we can use every tool at our disposal to uphold human rights and enforce accountability, according to HRW.
It also stated that the response "revealed the double standards" of the majority of EU nations in their handling of the numerous Syrians, Afghans, Palestinians, Somalis, and other asylum seekers.
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