Author: Grace Cunningham

Confronting Compassion Fatigue: Understanding the Arc of Public Support for Displaced Populations in Turkey, Colombia, and Europe

by on January 12, 2024

“While compassion is extremely powerful, it is also highly vulnerable to fatigue. In the long term, politicians must anticipate the gradual ebbing of solidarity by putting in place sound policies to meet practical community needs amid large-scale migration.” Historic levels of global displacement have put intense pressure on systems designed to protect people fleeing conflict,…