Humanitarian Aid and Empowerment of Ukrainian Refugees

The Case of Visegrad Group countries: Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-78599-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

The book presents good practices in humanitarian assistance and empowerment of Ukrainian refugees in various areas: emergency aid to large groups crossing the border, organisation of support in places of temporary stay, learning local languages, inclusion of children in school and adults in the labour market, and inclusion in the local community. It indicates the forms of international protection and the scope of their application by migrants from Ukraine, and discusses the temporary protection status dedicated to Ukrainian refugees.

The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of migration and diaspora studies, immigration law, and public policy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moro¿, Dorota

Moron, Dorota

Madej, Ma¿gorzata

Madej, Malgorzata

Csoba, Judit

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures vii List of tables viii List of contributors ix Preface xii Acknowledgements xiv Humanitarian aid or empowerment? Policy towards support of refugees from Ukraine: Introduction 1 MALGORZATA MADEJ, DOROTA MORON, AND JUDIT CSOBA 1 Visegrad Group countries towards migration 13 MAGDALENA RATAJCZAK AND MARTA RYNIEJSKA-KIELDANOWICZ 2 Refugees from Ukraine in the countries of the Visegrad Group 30 MALGORZATA MADEJ 3 Legalisation of the Ukrainian refugees’ stay 44 DOROTA MORON 4 Organising support for refugees from Ukraine: The role of the state, local governments, and civil society 62 ALŽBETA BROZMANOVÁ GREGOROVÁ AND FILIP BAMBÚCH 5 The first step: Organising support at the location of refugees’ temporary stay 78 PAVEL HULEC 6 Assistance with housing 93 JUDIT CSOBA, ANDREA DIEBEL, AND LUCA SZÖOR-FÜLÖP 7 Teaching local languages to foreigners 111 NATALIYA-MARIYA MOCHERNAK 8 Inclusion of children and youth in the national education system 128 MARLENA PIOTROWSKA 9 Integration instead of ghettoisation: Integrating refugees with the local communities 145 ALŽBETA BROZMANOVÁ GREGOROVÁ AND JANA ŠOLCOVÁ 10 Ukrainian refugees on the labour market 162 JUDIT CSOBA, ANDREA DIEBEL, AND KATALIN ÁBRAHÁM 11 Business sector for Ukrainians: A form of support or profit-seeking? 182 AGNIESZKA MAKAREWICZ Conclusions: Lessons learned and recommendations on the basis of the best practices in supporting Ukrainian refugees in the Visegrad Group countries 200 JUDIT CSOBA, MALGORZATA MADEJ, AND DOROTA MORON Index 207

Über Autor(innen)

Dorota Moron is a political scientist and sociologist, professor at the Institute of Political Science, University of Wroclaw, Poland. The main areas of her scientific interest include social policy, particularly investment and innovative social policy, social work and analysis of the role of the state, the social economy sector, and NGOs. She is the deputy director for teaching, member of the Polish Society for Social Policy, author and co-author of multiple books, chapters, and journal articles.

Malgorzata Madej is a political scientist, PhD at the Institute of Political Science, University of Wroclaw, Poland. The main areas of her scientific interest include citizen participation in elections and decision-making processes, especially at the local level, as well as participatory tools in local and sublocal self-government in Poland, and social movements. She is the author and co-author of three books, multiple chapters, and journal articles. She is also the editor-in-chief of the Polish Political Science Review.

Judit Csoba is a professor of sociology and social policy and course director of Social Policy Education at the Faculty of Arts, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Her research focuses on sociology of work, social policy, employment policy, and social economy. She is the author or co-author of eight books, several book chapters, and journal articles. She is a member of the editorial board of three professional journals (soci.h u, Esély, Metszetek) and the editor-in-chief of the European Social Work Education and Practice book series published by Springer.