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Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe has already experienced extensive migration movements in its history; the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine alone has displaced millions of people in just a few months since the end of February 2022.

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Migrants stand near the barbed wire fence with a Polish border pillar as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.

Poland – a new migration strategy but old practices?

A new migration strategy is being developed in Poland. However, it is unlikely to break away from the politicization and securitization of migration that has shaped public discourse in recent years.

Mateusz Krępa, Marta Pachocka, Tomasz Sieniow, Anna Trylińska

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Mlyny, in southeastern Poland: Coordination for the onward travel and accommodation of Ukrainian refugees in a village near the Polish-Ukrainian border (date of recording: March 6, 2022).

Ukrainian migrants in Poland

Poland is one of the main destination countries of Ukrainian refugees. But even before Russia’s full-fledged war against Ukraine, Ukrainians were by far the largest immigrant group in Poland.

Marta Jaroszewicz, Mateusz Krepa

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Ukrainians, Turks and Crimean Tatars stage a protest against Russias war in Ukraine, in Ankara, Turkey, May 21, 2022.

Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian diaspora groups in Türkiye

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has displaced thousands to Türkiye. New diaspora groups are working with the long-established Crimean Tatar diaspora to attract attention to the situation in Ukraine.

Milana Nikolko

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War refugees from Ukraine at the railroad station in Warsaw (photo date: 29 April 2022).

Ukraine – Emigration and Displacement in Past and Present

Since the start of the Russian invasion, there have been large-scale refugee movements in and out of Ukraine. Even before the war, many Ukrainians were living outside the country.

Iryna Lapshyna

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Romania (2007)

During the past one hundred years Romania was predominantly a country of emigration, with a rather impressive record regarding the number of persons involved, the outcomes and the varieties of…

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Poland (2008)

The history of migration in Poland is characterised largely by emigration. Because of its geographic location between Eastern and Western Europe, Poland frequently serves as a transit country for…

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Russian Federation (2010)

International migration in Russia is composed of the inflow of immigrants from other countries of the former Soviet Union and an outflow of emigrants into economically more developed countries.

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