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Is the Syrian Refugee Crisis the Worst Since WWII?

There’s a new meme infecting the internet. The Syrian refugee crisis is the worst refugee crisis since World War II. It’s all over the place.  Just google the words “worst refugee crisis.”  Don’t even put “Syria” or “WWII” in the search bar.  What follows is a string of mainstream media articles labeling the current Syrian refugee crisis as the worst since the big deuce.  It has become conventional wisdom. But is the flood of humanity currently vacating Syria really the worst refugee crisis of the last 70 years?

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